3 Reasons ‘Pressure’ Stands Out in a Crowded WWII Genre

Just when you thought you’d seen a film about every World War II subject known to man, Hollywood teases you with a new movie about Dwight D. Eisenhower, the D-Day invasion, and a much-debated … weather forecast?The new film Pressure (PG-13) shifts the focus from the battlefield to the war room, following the tense behind-the-scenes debate over the timing of the D-Day invasion and the high-stakes scramble for an accurate weather forecast during an era when space satellites didn’t yet exist, and forecasting was an inexact science.It stars Brendan Fraser as Eisenhower, Andrew Scott as forecaster James Stagg, and Kerry Condon as Eisenhower’s assistant, Kay Summersby.Pressure may not be a movie for the whole family, but it nevertheless ranks among the best World War II films in Hollywood’s expansive library of war movies.Here are three reasons why:Photo Credit: ©Focus
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