Two childhood best friends, Rafe (Ben Affleck) and Danny (Josh Hartnett), grow up wanting to fly planes. When Rafe gets the chance to join the Royal Air Force during World War II, he takes it - leaving his new love, Evelyn (Kate Beckinsale), a dedicated Navy nurse, and Danny, also a pilot, behind. Danny and Evelyn are transferred separately to the idyllic paradise of Hawaii, where they eventually meet through a connection to Rafe, who has been declared missing. But just as the love triangle begins to get complicated, Dec. 7, 1941 arrives, changing all of their lives forever.
Not Bay's finest work (I think close to an hour of this film could have been cut). Although it was enjoyable that the Japanese characters spoke Japanese and not English (made it seem a little authentic). And let it not be said that Michael Bay can't assemble a good cast and blow crap up. He makes entertaining popcorn movies.
