"Allied" by Robert Zemeckis - movie review

Exuberant romance and a sense of glamor in the style of classic Hollywood love stories. If you expect "Allied" to make your adrenaline go to max, it certainly will not happen. You will not even see stunning special effects from which to stop your breath. But if you've set yourself up for a wasteful story of love, romance, war and espionage, it's surely the right film for you. Robert Zemeckis's new film became more famous for the breakup of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, as the beginning of his ad campaign coincided with the news that the two actors ended their long cohabitation. Of course, the yellow editions did not delay with the comments that the reason for this separation was a woman - Marion Cotillard, with whom she flashed love during the filming of "Allied". Of course, the actress immediately refuted these claims and said that except for her partner (whom she expects her second child) Guillaume Kane has no room for another man in her life. On the screen, however, against the background of the starry Moroccan sky, the love between Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard seems not to be entirely possible, but passionate, magnetic, irresistible and absolutely real.

"Allied" is quite sparing about special effects and especially rich in sensuality, doomed passion, high class espionage, romance, war and even eroticism and beauty. There is no way to overwhelm Zemeckis' beautiful return to Hollywood classics and the cinema from 40's, to champagne glasses and swing dances that swim out of the screen, and will surely find in the audience their related, romantic souls. And of course, the emblematic Casablanca, during the Second World War (an unintentional reference to Michael Curtis's cult film, 42, with Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart), in which the whole screen story begins. The intelligence officer Max Wattan (Brad Pitt) is housed in the famous Moroccan city of Casablanca, where he is tasked to unite with the leader of the French resistance movement Marian Bossejour (Marion Cotillard). Impressed by her abilities and fascinated by her beauty, Vatan soon finds himself in love with her partner. And after completing their common assignment - the cold-blooded murder of the Nazi ambassador, Bozsejour offered to get married, to go to London together and start their lives together. Everything goes well for the happy couple and their child in the second year of their life together when Vatan is forced to face the suspicion that his wife is actually a Nazi spy. By refusing to believe that this is true, Max organizes his own investigation, resolved at all costs to protect those he loves. There is nothing surprising in the story, nothing unpredictable, but the screen chemistry between Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard somehow leads viewers on the road of emotional impact to show how beautiful a love can be, how attractive the beautiful scenes of love can be , especially as the two of them make love in a car in the middle of the desert, and a terrible desert storm roars around minutes before they embark on their joint, deadly task.

And though it's all predictable, more than clear and somewhat calm, at "Allied" scene, at the same time, the movie captivates you with the power of the great cinema, that of the Golden Age of Hollywood, in which, though a little old-fashioned, doomed passion , beauty and true romantic love are enough to fill you with a good mood.

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