Beaks here...

"Any problem on Earth can be solved with the careful application of explosives." And any problem movie in Hollywood can be rescued with one confidently cut trailer. Though I've had my doubts about Bryan Singer's VALKYRIE, they've completely vanished for the time being.

As a friend said earlier, Singer's perverse fascination with Nazis is palpable here. There's a fetishistic attention to detail that's downright Hitchcockian (the triggering of the detonator with pliers, the sizzling of the mosquito with the lit cigarette, etc.). Visually, I'd say VALKYRIE feels closer to APT PUPIL than anything else in Singer's filmography, only this time we've a decorated war hero trying to reclaim his righteousness rather than an impressionable teenager relinquishing his conscience. There may be an interesting symmetry there, or I may be digging too deep for meaning. I just know that I'm awfully impressed by this trailer, and that's something of a surprise.

After bouncing around the release schedule, VALKYRIE is set for a December 26th bow.