Everyone should go rent The Tunnel, if they haven’t seen it already.

The Tunnel is the true story of a bunch of people that tunneled under the Berlin Wall to help friends and loved ones escape from East Germany. It features a wonderful ensemble of German actors and beautiful, stylish European woman. The film is 3 hours long, but it feels more like 2 hours, you are so positively gripped throughout. The narrative structure of the film is quite strong, the story is very interesting, the dialog is decent, and the suspense is marvelous – almost too marvelous. My wife and I were both a touch sick after watching this film, we got so worked up over it.

My only criticism of this film (and it’s a very minor criticism) is that I personally prefer more detailed dialog and “70’s visual style” in my political dramas. This film has a distinctly 90’s mainstream feel to it, but I should add it’s a really, really good 90’s film. My wife and I both completely enjoyed it from start to finish. And being a big fan of cold war escape movies I might even watch it again at some point. I’m not going to say any more, so as to not give anything away.

Very highly recommended! Netflix it now!