Spoilers... Theoretically taking place in December of 1941, one of the japanese bomber pilot crash lands near one of the hawai'ian islands. the islanders save him, before they know who he is or the role he has played. much discussion over what to do; they are worried that the Japanese military may be coming to rescue the pilot. also arguments over his military papers that may or may not exist, who may have them, and what they could contain. one big weakness -- the clothing, the speech and mannerisms are all very modern and americanized, so you have to buy into that. no effort seems to have been made to the fact that this took place in 1941. and the residents speak very modern english, and keep throwing in hawai'ian nouns, almost to convince us they really are islanders. Shown on roku streaming channel. Written and directed by scottish Gabriel Robertson, which explains why this seems to be a UK production. a whole bucket of violence near the end. and the credits indicate that this is based on a real event, supposedly describing what happened to the various characters in the story. some went to jail. some were sent to interment camps, as was the custom after WW II broke out. others were recognized for their bravery during the events. it's pretty good, if you just follow along and don't question too much.

I had no idea that this story existed. While somewhat slower in places, this movie was excellent in showing the conflicted, raw emotions that would have been felt when this occurred. Don't miss out.

First, the Niihau Incident is a great dramatic story from WWII, so why mess with it and change things. I'd give the director a pass on the plane crashing into the ocean instead of a field, because I'm sure that dropped the budget a lot (easier to fake in a pool). But, the other changes are rather insulting, primarily because they aren't better or more dramatic than the truth. I guess they wanted make up the actions and motivations of the Japanese so it might balance out some sort of morality tale. Weird.

Second, while the performances and productions weren't bad per se, it came across more as TV quality, rather than cinematic. Some of the dialogue was clunky, simplistic and didn't work.

Meh.