Wake Island
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Wake Island

1942Movie1 h 27 minNR

72
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IMDb6.6Rotten Tomatoes89%45%
72
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb6.6Rotten Tomatoes89%45%

Summary

In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.

Good for

  • Friends night
  • Teens
  • Thought-provoking

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  • You want something to laugh at
  • Graphic violence bothers you

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  • Puts you on the battlefield.
  • Gets your pulse racing.
  • Leaves you shaken.
  • Keeps you on edge.

Not for laughs, warmth or scares.

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Tropes

Artistic License – Historyin 3,078 titlesAll the names were changed. The Real Life commander of the Marine garrison was USMC Major James Devereaux.Retironyin 724 titlesRandall is due to ship out and leave the Navy on Dec. 8, 1941, the day the war starts. (Wake Island is so far west it's on the other side of the International Date Line.)All 16 tropes

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