Welcome back to Movie Recap. Today I'm gonna show you a 2017 war film called,
Dunkirk. Spoiler's ahead. Sit back, relax and enjoy the video.
The movie begins with Six British soldiers strolling through Dunkirk's bleak streets.
They are searching for food, supplies, and water through derelict houses.
All of a sudden unseen German soldiers begin shooting at them. The six of them run in fear.
The German soldiers continue shooting at them, killing five British soldiers.
The remaining one, named Tommy, manages to escape the shooting. He continues walking
until he reaches the beach. Tommy witnesses tens of thousands of British soldiers lined
up on the beaches, ready to be evacuated, as a few hundred men lie dead on the beach.
Tommy looks elsewhere to bowel when he notices Gibson, a young soldier,
burying another soldier in the sand. Tommy then rushes over to assist him.
Tommy then proceeds to the group of British soldiers lining up on the beaches for evacuation.
All of a sudden, a German bomber aircraft flew above and began dropping bombs.
Tommy sees many soldiers being injured, and some are killed as a result of the explosions.
The other soldiers lie down to pretend that they are dead. When the explosions are near him,
Tommy prepares to die as well. However, the bombs miss him. After the German bomber aircraft
passes them, the soldiers, including Tommy, stand and continue lining up for evacuation.
Meanwhile, a young helper named George runs to the dock, where he sees two royal navies.
A mariner named Mr. Dawson, who owns a yacht, hands George stacks of plates.
Mr. Dawson's teenage son, Peter, explains to George that the royal
navy requisitioned Mr. Dawson's boat. Peter tells George that they need to
unload the boat and load life jackets to evacuate the stranded soldiers at Dunkirk.
In the interim, three spitfire pilots fly across the sea to reinforce the stranded
soldiers at Dunkirk with air support. The squadron leader, through the radio,
instructs them how to save fuel for them to reach their destination and return safely.
Back at the beach, Tommy discovers a wounded soldier who has been abandoned.
Tommy, along with Gibson, poses as medics to transport the soldier aboard the ship and tend
to the injured so they may be evacuated. They pass by a group of French soldiers attempting to board
but are denied since they are French soldiers, and the ship is a priority for British soldiers only.
Meanwhile, to save the British soldiers stuck in Dunkirk,
the royal navy officers begin commandeering yachts.
In the interim, Pilot Collins asks the squadron leader why the stranded soldier
cannot be rescued at Calais since Dunkirk is so far. After the squadron leader states that
they have no choice, the three spitfire pilot continues to fly across the sea.
At the beach, Tommy and Gibson hastily continue their way to the ship before it leaves.
Eventually, Tommy and Gibson pass a broken
platform with an improvised thin and long wooden bridge.
With the help of the other British soldier, they manage to cross it and make their way to the ship.
Rather than allowing the royal navy officers to take over his yacht at the dock,
Mr. Dawson takes his ship with Peter. As they leave for Dunkirk,
George joins them, assuring Mr. Dawson that he can be used.
Across the sky, the squadron leader and pilots Farrier and Collins
identify two German fighter aircraft in the skies and pursue them. One of the German fighter
aircraft targets the spitfire of Pilot Collins. Pilot Farrier assures Pilot Collins that he is
watching the German fighter aircraft closely. Pilot Farrier then tries to shoot at them.
At the beach, Tommy and Gibson successfully enter the evacuation ship while delivering
the injured soldier. As they enter, they try to blend in so that they may be evacuated too.
However, one of the commanding soldiers spots them tells them to get off the ship.
The two of them follow, and as they are on their way off the ship, another soldier
shouts at them to get off. Tommy is about to leave when Gibson calls him at the mole,
a concrete bridge platform separating the water. Tommy and Gibson hide there in the meantime.
At the yacht, Mr. Dawson continues to commandeer through the seas. George immediately alerts Mr.
Dawson when he sees an aircraft passing above them. Mr. Dawson assures him that it is a British
aircraft indicating that there is nothing to worry about. They soon pass a ship with
thousands of British soldiers looking at them. Across the sky, the three spitfire pilots continue
to pursue the two German fighter aircraft. Pilot Farrier manages to shoot one down. After
one German fighter aircraft explodes and falls to the sea, Pilot Farrier notices that the squadron
leader's spitfire is missing. Pilot Collins then orbit the area to look for the squadron leader.
At the mole, Tommy and Gibson continue to hide. The rear admiral arrives with a boat.
The rear admiral talks to Commander Bolton and Colonel Winnant. They talk about loading stranded
British soldiers on the shore. However, they concluded that it is too shallow. In the end,
they agreed that they had to evacuate through the mole.
At the yacht, they pass a sunken British ship. At the top of it is what seems to be traumatized
British soldier. The yacht approaches the British soldier. Peter and George help the British to get
on their yacht with a rope. George wraps him in a blanket when the British soldier manages to
swim to them and get on the boat. Eventually, Mr. Dawson asks the British soldier what his name is,
the British soldier does not respond. Across the sky, Pilots Farrier
and Collins discover the squadron leader's spitfire sunken in the sea.
Pilot Farrier checks the area if the squadron leader manages to get out.
However, he did not see any parachute indicating the squadron leader got out alive.
Pilot Farrier then notices that his fuel gauge is broken.
With this, he cannot see how many fuels are left for him. Pilot Farrier commands Pilot Collins
to give him information about how many fuels are left from time to time since his gauge is broken.
At the mole, hundreds of soldiers line up for evacuation. All of a sudden, German aircrafts
begin to bomb the area. British soldiers who had already boarded the ship abandoned it,
fearing that the Germans would destroy it. Commander Bolton tells the other British
soldier to cut loose the ship since it cannot be risked sinking at the mole.
Tommy manages to save Alex, one of the British soldiers who abandoned the ship.
More British soldiers abandon the ship as it begins to sink.
George tells the rescued British soldier to come below the yacht at the yacht since
it's much warmer there. George then tries to lend the British soldier a hot tea.
However, the British soldier knocks it out with his hand. Mr. Dawson tells George to let the
British soldier be since Mr. Dawson thinks that the British soldier feels much safer up the yacht.
The British soldier then tells them that it was a U-boat that made their ship sink.
With this, Peter commands George to get more tea for the British soldier.
Across the sky, with Pilot Farrier and Collin left, Pilot Farrier asks Pilot
Collins to fly higher since they will be reaching Dunkirk in five minutes.
Pilot Collins tells Pilot Farrier that it will consume more fuel. However, Pilot Farrier tells
him that it is better than taking the risk of being attacked by the Germans again.
Commander Bolton tells all the soldiers who successfully abandoned the ship at
the mole that he will find them another ship. With this, Tommy and Gibson drench
themselves at sea to pretend that they are soldiers who abandoned the ship.
Eventually, Tommy, Gibson, and Alex manage to get on to a boat that will bring them to a new ship.
Following this, Tommy, Gibson, and Alex had all gathered on a British Red Cross ship.
Tommy and Alex go to the lower deck, where they are given a small meal and drink.
Alex then tells Tommy that he spots Gibson, who did not go to the lower deck. Tommy tells Alex
that Gibson seems to be looking for an easy way out if the Germans attack them again.
Meanwhile, at the upper deck, Gibson appears to be nervous and keeps looking around.
At the yacht, the rescued British soldier learns that they are going to Dunkirk.
Mr. Dawson explains to him that they must go to Dunkirk first before going to England.
The British soldier tells them that if they go to Dunkirk, they will die.
Mr. Dawson then asks the British soldier to ease up. Peter assists the British soldier
to a room below the yacht and gives him some more tea. Peter then hesitantly locks the room.
Across the sky, Pilots Farrier and Collins encounter another two German aircraft attempting
to bomb a British minesweeper ship. Pilot Farrier manages to shoot one German aircraft down.
As they look for the other German aircraft, it eventually shoots Pilot Collin's spitfire. Pilot
Collins announces that he is going down. With this, Pilot Farrier asks Pilot Collins to save
himself and leave the spitfire. Pilot Farrier then takes over and continues shooting the other German
aircraft. Pilot Collins ready himself to get out of the spitfire. However, he notices that the
spitfire is not that destroyed. Eventually, Pilot Collins retreats from getting out of the spitfire.
While the evacuated soldiers eat and drink at the British Red Cross ship, Gibson is alone at
the upper deck. He then sees soldiers from afar calling out in an attempt to get on the ship.
Suddenly, the boat gets hit by a torpedo, and the lower decks begin to flood.
As the ship sinks, Gibson manages to escape after opening the hatch,
allowing Tommy, Alex, and a few other men to escape unharmed.
At the yacht, three spitfire passes over them. Mr. Dawson explains to George what a spitfire is.
Meanwhile, the rescued British soldier calls them to get out of the locked room below the yacht.
Peter, who does not know what to do, tells Mr. Dawson and George.
As Peter opens the room, the British soldier is not there anymore.
The British soldier manages to escape the room through a hatch on the ceiling.
The British soldier tells them to turn around because they cannot risk going to Dunkirk.
Mr. Dawson disagrees with him, saying that they need to help the stranded British soldiers.
Across the sky, Pilot Farrier shoots at the remaining German aircraft.
The German aircraft eventually retreats, and Pilot Farrier goes after it. Pilot Collins then
tells Pilot Farrier to watch his fuels since it has only fifteen gallons left. After this,
Pilot Farrier cannot reach Pilot Collins anymore. Pilot Farrier watches as Pilot Collin's spitfire
falls to the sea. He then sees an incoming yacht near where Pilot Collin's spitfire begins to sink.
At sea, after the British Red Cross ship sinks, Tommy and Alex swim to a boat with
British soldiers on it along with Gibson. Gibson then attempts to help Tommy and Alex. However,
the other British soldiers did not allow them to ride the boat since it was already crowded.
With this, Gibson pulls down a rope for Tommy and Alex to hold onto until they reach the shore.
The rescued British soldier makes a last-ditch effort to
wrest possession of the yacht from Mr. Dawson at the yacht.
George falls to the bottom of the boat and hits his head hard due to the subsequent fight.
While Peter attends to his wounds, the soldier comes to a halt and sits peacefully.
Across the sky, Pilot Farrier does everything he can to save fuel
and shoots down the hostile German aircraft.
Tommy, Alex, and Gibson join a small number
of Scottish soldiers going for a boat within the tide at the shore.
At the yacht, George's vision progressively deteriorates. Peter tells the condition of
George to Mr. Dawson, who believes they have traveled farther to retreat right for aid.
Eventually, they see two German aircraft threatening to bomb a British minesweeper ship.
Mr. Dawson and Peter then prepare to survive the impending danger.
Tommy, Alex, and Gibson continue to hide in the boat along with the Scottish soldiers
at the shore. Alex notices Gibson's silence after he requests him to check if the water
has come in outside. Eventually, Tommy proceeds outside and checks it himself.
At the yacht, Mr. Dawson and Peter watch British spitfires as they shoot hostile German aircraft.
While Tommy, Alex, and Gibson rest with the Scottish soldiers at the shore,
a Dutch merchant navy comes to pick them up and help them. The Dutch merchant navy reveals that
the boat is his. He tells them that he is hiding the boat in case the Germans come.
As Pilot Collins' spitfire gets shot down at sea, he dives in and calls for help.
Pilot Collins tries to break free from the spitfire,
but it is blocked and filled with water, and he almost drowns.
At the shore, the remaining British soldiers and the Scottish soldiers who hide at the boat are
shortly hit by gunshots from German soldiers using the boat as target practice. Water begins to flow
from the bullet holes. Alex then considers sending Gibson overboard to lessen the load, even accusing
him of being a German spy because he hasn't spoken the entire time, maybe to hide his accent.
Eventually, Gibson discloses for the first time that he is French
and that he stole the uniform and tags from another soldier,
the one he was buried a few days ago, so that he might be evacuated.
At sea, Pilot Collins is apprehended by Peter when Mr. Dawson's yacht arrives just in time.
Pilot Collins is brought on board.
Following this, the boat where the remaining British soldiers and the Scottish soldiers
drift away from Dunkirk, but eventually, it sinks. Except for Gibson, who gets hooked on something
and eventually drowns, Tommy, Alex, and the Scottish soldiers make it out.
Meanwhile, more private British yachts arrive to assist in the rescue of the
stranded British soldiers. When the British soldiers see a minesweeper,
they rush towards it until one of the German bombers hits it.
As the soldiers swim by it, the water fills with oil,
which they get covered in before it is lit, killing numerous men.
Pilot Farrier shoots down the attacking German aircraft as he runs out of fuel
and makes his way to a safe landing on the shore.
Meanwhile, Peter, Pilot Collins, and the rescued British soldier
are dragging as many soldiers as they can aboard the boat, including Alex and Tommy.
Alex then informs Peter that George is no longer alive. Unaware that George had died, the rescued
British soldier asks Peter if George will be okay. Peter tells a falsehood when he says he will be.
Pilot Farrier lands his spitfire on the shore after shooting down another
German bomber before it can damage the mole.
He then sets fire to his spitfire and is quickly apprehended by German forces.
Following the rescue, Mr. Dawson and Peter return home. Peter obtains a photograph of
George and submits it to the local newspaper for the boy to be recognized as a hero.
After only planning to save thirty thousand soldiers, Commander Bolton and
Colonel Winnant claim to have saved three hundred thirty-eight thousand soldiers.
Commander Bolton remains to ensure that the French can flee.
He then sees Colonel Winnant and the rest of the British soldiers marching away.
The movie ends with the British soldiers being transported home aboard a train in England.
When they return for their setback, Alex believes the people will mock them.
He notices a newspaper with a statement from Winston Churchill about the evacuation and,
unable to bear the ridicule, begs Tommy to read it to him.
A guy approaches the window and delivers Alex two beers as Tommy reads Churchill's statement
upon entering the station. Applause erupts from the crowd as the soldiers return. Tommy finishes
reading Churchill's statement, which praises the soldiers' valor and sacrifices, as well as
the remarkable reprieve they just experienced. However, the quotation warns the public that
rescue efforts alone do not win battles, and it ends with a promise never to surrender.