Summary
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
Cast
Ben Affleck
Rafe McCawley
Kate Beckinsale
Evelyn Johnson
Josh Hartnett
Danny Walker
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Doris Miller
Jon Voight
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tom Sizemore
Earl Sistern
Alec Baldwin
James Doolittle
Ewen Bremner
Red Winkle
William Lee Scott
Billy Thompson
Greg Zola
Anthony Fusco
Jennifer Garner
Sandra
Jaime King
Betty Bayer
Catherine Kellner
Barbara
Sara Rue
Martha
Michael Shannon
Gooz Wood
Dan Aykroyd
Captain Thurman
Colm Feore
Admiral Kimmel
Mako
Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto
John Fujioka
Nishikura
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Cmdr. Minoru Genda
Jesse James
Young Rafe
Reiley McClendon
Young Danny
William Fichtner
Danny's Father
Steve Rankin
Rafe's Father
Brian Haley
Training Captain
Graham Beckel
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
Will Bowden
British Pilot
Angel Sing
Japanese Aide
Rufus Dorsey
Dorie's Friend
Matthew Davis
Joe
David Hornsby
Flyer with Murmur
Scott Wilson
George Marshall
Howard Mungo
George
Randy Oglesby
Strategic Analyst
Ping Wu
Japanese Officer
Stan Cahill
Pentagon Lieutenant
Tom Everett
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox
Tomas Arana
Vice Admiral Frank J. Fletcher
Beth Grant
Motherly Secretary
Sung Kang
Listener
Raphael Sbarge
Kimmel's Aide
Marty Belafsky
Louie
Yuji Okumoto
Japanese Shy Bomber
Josh Green
Ellis
Ian Bohen
Radar Operator #2
Michael Milhoan
Army Commander
Peter Firth
Mervyn Bennion
Marco Gould
Pop-Up Sailor
Andrew Bryniarski
Boxer Joe
Nicholas Downs
Terrified Sailor
Tim Choate
Navy Doctor
John Diehl
Senior Doctor
Joseph Patrick Kelly
Medic
Ron Harper
Minister
Ted McGinley
Army Major
Madison Mason
Raymond Spruance
Kim Coates
Jack Richards
Glenn Morshower
William Halsey Jr.
Paul Francis
Doolittle Co-Pilot
Scott Wiper
Ripley
Eric Christian Olsen
Gunner
Rod Biermann
Navigator
Noriaki Kamata
Japanese Soldier
Garret Sato
Japanese Soldier
Eiji Inoue
Japanese Soldier
Precious Chong
Nursing Supervisor
Jeff Wadlow
Next Guy in Line
Will Gill Jr.
Train Conductor
Seth Sakai
Japanese Tourist
Curtis Andersen
Eighteen-Year-Old Typist
Blaine Pate
Orderly in Aftermath
John Pyper-Ferguson
Naval Officer in Hospital
Michael Shamus Wiles
Marc Mitscher
Toru Tanaka Jr.
Samoan Bouncer
Sean Gunn
Traction Sailor
Josh Ackerman
Wounded Sailor #1
Matt Casper
Wounded Sailor
David Kaufman
Young Nervous Doctor
Lindsey Ginter
Captain Low
Guy Torry
Teeny Mayfield
Leland Orser
Major Jackson
Peter James Smith
Mission listener
Pat Healy
Newsreel Guy
Thomas Wilson Brown
Young Flier
Chad Morgan
Nurse
James Saito
Japanese Aide
Tak Kubota
Japanese Aide
Robert Jayne
Sunburnt Sailor
Vic Chao
Japanese Doctor
Frederick Koehler
Wounded Sailor
Ben Easter
Baja Sailor
Cory Tucker
Baja Sailor
Abe Sylvia
Baja Sailor
Jason Liggett
Baja Sailor
Bret Roberts
Baja Sailor
Sean Faris
Danny's Gunner
Nicholas Farrell
RAF Squadron Leader
Tony Curran
Ian
Daniel Mays
Pilot
Toshi Toda
Dentist
Jaymee Ong
Dental Assistant
Lisa Ross
Nurse (uncredited)
Max Thayer
Bit Part (uncredited)
Camille Carida
Nurse (uncredited)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tanya Dempsey
Nurse (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frieda Jane
Nurse (uncredited)
Kathleen Mullan
Stearn Nurse (uncredited))
Lin Oeding
Japanese Sailor (uncredited)
Barbara Scolaro
Josephine Doolittle (uncredited)
Melissa Anne Young
Nurse (uncredited)
Sam Arnold
Lieutenant Miller (uncredited)
Crew
Director
Michael Bay
Writer
Randall Wallace
Reviews
John Chard
September 25, 2014
5
OK! Lets not beat around the bush, it's historically suspicious, badly written, badly cast and clearly an hour too long. A splendid "support cast" are wasted as Michael Bay and his production team think they can produce some sort of Titanic of the Skies like epic and fail in their objective. By the time of the brilliantly constructed assault by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor, and "it is" exhilarating and edge of the seat heart pounding, you are left with the feeling that all the main characters in the piece are not really worth our emotional investment.
It's not an outright stinker, situations such as the nurses trying to cope in the hospital during the attack are poignant, and there's a jingoistic - cum - romantic fervour that screams out that the film wants to be genuine in making you feel, well, emotionally battered. However, given the budget and time you are asked to invest in the story, it's impossible not to feel cheated as the clock ticks past the three hour mark.
Perhaps it's unfair to use Titanic as a template for this type of epic? Especially since over the course of time many have come out of the woodwork to knock Titanic when previously there were nods in appreciation for it, all be it grudgingly. But Pearl Harbor just doesn't have enough about it to make it even a "time waster" recommendation, and this even allowing for some quality "Bayhem" action as the film rolls into its blunderbuss third quarter. 5/10
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$140,000,000.00
Revenue:
$449,220,945.00
