在这部中途岛之役动作/剧情/历史片中,七十年代出品的大型战争片之一，焦点是美国与日本海军对垒的中途岛战役。在当年的一批同类电影之中，本片不算是突出之作，导演杰克．斯米特的处理手法相对比较平庸，但超级明星阵容却可以令今天的观众重睹上一代巨星风采，而海战的场面也实在拍得逼真，使本片仍维持了相当的趣味性。主演的巨星包括：查尔顿．赫斯登、亨利．方达、格伦．福特、罗伯特．米彻姆、克里夫．罗布森、詹姆斯．科伯恩、三船敏郎。当时还是新人的汤姆．塞莱克也露脸演了一个小角色。
The summer of 1942 brought Naval stalemate to the Pacific as the American and Japanese fleets stood at even numbers each waiting for the other to begin a renewed offensive. "Midway" tells the story of this historic June battle where a Japanese carrier force, in an attempt to occupy Midway island and lure the American fleet to destruction, was meet valiently by US forces operating off of three aircraft carriers and numerous escort ships. It was the first battle in which naval air power was extensivly used, and at its conclusion the Japanese Carrier force had been completly destroyed which lead the way for the US 1943 and 44 offensives which would eventually bring the Pacific War to a close.
电影配不上这场伟大的战役。战争之殇。《军国主义日本五十年》。《中途岛海空战》电影剧本。中途岛之战——决定太平洋战争攻守局势的海空大战。历史么？。也许天不佑日本鬼子。。。简评。中途岛海战首先是一个伏击战。约克城号是第一功臣，史上最拉仇恨航母。
