An Olympic athlete enlists in the US Air Force during the Second World War. When his plane is shot down, he and two crewmates survive for 33 days lost at sea. Worse is to come when they are captured by Japanese forces, and he endures brutal treatment in a PoW camp run by an infamous war criminal. Fact-based Second World War drama, directed by Angelina Jolie and starring Jack O'Connell and Domhnall Gleeson.

A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.