“The Exception” – The definition of an exception is a person or a thing that does not follow a rule. In director David Leveaux’s first feature film, he wonders if Capt. Stefan Brandt (Jai Courtney) can be an exception and not follow a rule or – more specifically – his orders. Leveaux raises the stakes for the audience, because Capt. Brandt is not part of an ordinary military outfit, but a very infamous one. The year is 1940, and Brandt is a German soldier. Of course, SS soldiers who spoke…
‘The Exception’ is intriguing but not necessarily exceptional
