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The Great Raid is a 2005 war film which tells the story of the January 1945 liberation of the Cabanatuan Prison Camp during World War II. It is directed by John Dahl and stars Benjamin Bratt, Joseph Fiennes, James Franco and Connie Nielsen with Filipino Actor Cesar Montano. It is rated R for strong war violence and brief language. The film was actually made back in 2002 but its release was delayed several times.

The film opened in theaters across America on August 12th, 2005 to a very mixed critical consensus.

is based on true events. In the winter of 1945, WWII was coming to a close. The American prisoners of the Bataan Death March were still being held captive in a notorious Japanese POW camp based in Cabanatuan. Of the original 70,000 prisoners, only about 500 remained. They were subjected to harsh treatment by the Japanese and many were stricken with malaria.

That winter, the 6th Ranger Battalion of the American Army, aided by Filipino guerillas, staged a large attack on the camp in order to rescue the remaining prisoners. Col. Henry Mucci (Bratt) and Cpt. Robert Prince (Franco) led the attack.