Zemeckis's formidably staunch and precise technique, itself a nostalgic vestige of classic Hollywood movies, seals up the movie's joints and keeps the air of life out; it's a suffocated, lifeless adventure.
Allied has good moments and manages to entertain with its action sequences, but unfortunately it doesn't have enough energy to impact like the movie that tries to convince us that it is. [Full review in Spanish]
Take a step back, and the film's melodramatic intrigue begins to look shaky, but there are so many sequences of high suspense you might not even notice.
Zemeckis is a master of the big, broad Oscar-bait drama, and he makes the most of a well-constructed screenplay by Steven Knight (Dirty Pretty Things, Eastern Promises)
Its story and dialogue are so straightforward and comforting that even when you think you can hear the next beat coming-and you will-the finale still comes as a cathartic surprise.
Zemeckis ... seems uncertain whether to treat the tale as a wrenching saga of split loyalties or as a glamorous jaunt. Having gathered all the ingredients for derring-do, he forgets to turn up the heat, and the derring never does.
What a handsome empty shell of a movie Allied is. Despite the star power of Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard, their scenes together fail to ignite even a glimmer of a spark.
'Allied' begins as an action film with a specific mission, which then becomes a game of suspense that leads to pure and hard melodrama. [Full review in Spanish]
