I didn't know what to expect before I saw
Allied. I didn't really know much about the film except that it looked like a more serious version of
Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Brad Pitt plays a spy who is ordered to kill his wife who he also believes is a spy. We were even treated to the same media tabloid story surrounding Brad Pitt's person life with Marion Cotillard swapped out for Angelina Jolie (albeit the story is not true in the present instance). So when the film ended, I was shocked to see the name "Robert Zemeckis" emboldened in huge white letters across the screen. Not only is
Allied not your typical Zemeckis film, but it's actually very good.
Now obviously the title of this blog post is excessive and a tad click bait-y, but I was pleasantly surprised to learn that
Allied is a Robert Zemeckis joint. It's almost like finding out that
The Social Network was directed by David Fincher. Both films are very good and directed by someone who clearly knows their stuff, but don't contain the typical tropes and visual stylings of the director. And very obviously Robert Zemeckis can direct. Not only is he responsible for the
Back to the Future trilogy and
Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but he directed one of the greatest films of all time:
Forrest Gump.
