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'Pressure' Review: Brendan Fraser is Dwight D. Eisenhower in gripping WWII drama on run-up to D-Day

Andrew Scott, Kerry Condon, Damian Lewis, Chris Messina also star in the Anthony Maras film

By Joseph A. Wulfsohn Fox News

Published May 30, 2026 10:00am EDT

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The trailer for Focus Features' "Pressure" starring Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser, Kerry Condon, Chris Messina and Damien Lewis. Directed by Anthony Maras. 

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There are literally hundreds if not thousands of films about World War II. You'd think by now that everything there is to know about it has already been depicted on the big screen. But not so fast!

"Pressure" revisits the turbulent planning of D-Day, specifically the attempt to track the weather for the invasion of Normandy. British meteorologist Captain James Stagg (Andrew Scott) is recruited to advise Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (Brendan Fraser) upon a glowing endorsement from Winston Churchill.

"I need a forecast," Eisenhower tells Stagg. 

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Brendan Fraser as Dwight D. Eisenhower and Andrew Scott as James Stagg in director Anthony Maras’........

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