Not a lot of action but a film that focuses more on the mind and mental states of people. It is based on the novel by William Wharton. The story is about two friends, Birdy and Al (played by Nicolas Cage), who become friends at school and then serve in Vietnam. We see how Birdy has a disturbing fascination with birds, which his Vietnam experience seems to increase, so much so that when he returns from the war, he is sent to a mental hospital (where he stops speaking completely). Al visits him and tries to get him to talk and rekindle their boyhood friendship, which we see throughout the film via many flashbacks. It was hard to sympathise with Birdy, the obsession with birds seems distances me and makes it hard to understand his character. Thus, we are left to fall back on Cage’s strong performance and desperation as he attempts to “save” Birdy and prove that he is still the same young boy he once was.
3.5/5
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