The atrocities of World War II, perpetrated on humanity, are some of the worst in the entire history of the world. The millions of murders, mostly of Jews in Europe, were so extreme that once the war ended, all governments in the world realized that something had to be done to punish the Nazi animals responsible, if for no other reason, to try and prevent something like this from ever happening again. The problem was that the world had never put war criminals on trial, with the United States, Russia, England, and Ireland all interested in bringing this group of Nazi war criminals to justice.

Then the problem became hiring a psychologist, Major Douglas M. Kelley, to determine whether these Nazi war criminals were mentally fit to stand trial, which is the major part of the new movie “Nuremberg”, starring Russell Crowe as Hermann Göring and Rami Malek as Douglas Kelly. The many conversation scenes between Crowe and Malik in this movie were very well acted, with Crowe giving one of his best acting performances in decades.

The lead prosecutor for the Nuremberg trial, Robert H. Jackson, played very well by Michael Shannon, provides some of the best scenes in this film, as he interviews Göring, with the help of the prosecutor from England, getting Göringto admit that after he testified that he knew nothing about the mass murders, that given what he knows now, he still would not go against Adolf Hitler.

The aftermath of the trial included the righteous hanging of all the Nazi War criminals, with Göring committing suicide with a long-hidden cyanide capsule, minutes before he was scheduled to be hanged. The life of Douglass Kelly took a very negative turn for years after the Nuremberg trials, where he suffered from extreme depression and took his own life in 1958.

The Rotten Tomatoes ratings for this film are way too low 72%, as this movie was also snubbed for Golden Globe nominations, where Crowe, Malik, and Shannon all should have been nominated for best actor awards. None of this makes any sense for a movie about an extremely important part of world history and such standout acting. My rating is an 85% and a solid recommendation to see this well-acted and important movie.