War > V War > 15 years and over

Advantages: Great realistic depiction of war
Disadvantages: Dubbed not subtitled

...don't know, the Battle of Stalingrad is considered to be one of the biggest battles in human history. It was a turning point in the Second World War for the Germans and in the long run a victory that give the Soviets the power and reputation that America feared causing the bombing of Hiroshima and the Cold War. The films tells the story of a group of German assault engineers, it starts off in warm southern Italy, our main protagonists are at the ...
...they become more involved in Stalingrad they come to loose all faith. The main officer of the group is Lieutenant Hans he is a young officer and this is his first battle. He is an idealistic man of homour and cares little for nazi ideals. His group consists of Fritz, GeGe and the older Rollo. Dring the battle the film does not just centre on the action and the violence. It portrays the horror of the events. Young Gege has never been to war before ... Read review

Advantages: Watchable, entertaining and well-acted film
Disadvantages: None

Dutch cinema has, no disrespect, never quite taken the world of celluloid by storm. Its most successful director is unarguably Paul Verhoeven who hit the big-time with films such as Basic Instinct, RoboCop and Starship Troopers. The best-known actor has to be Rutger Hauer who came to fame as the android in Blade Runner, was a fearsome baddie in The Hitcher and has gone on to build a successful career from then, known in this country as well for the ...
...personalities shared a billing are therefore emblematic as far as the Dutch are concerned, and of no little interest to the rest of us. "Solder of Orange" (Soldaat van Oranje), the thirdd film which falls into this category, is a 1977 movie set during the Second World War but its appeal goes beyond lovers of the genre, indeed anyone expecting major battle scenes will be disappointed. It tells the story of a group of friends at the University of ... Read review

Advantages: Plot, acting and keeps you watching
Disadvantages: Confusing if you're not up on war history

Force 10 From Navarone is based on the book of the same name by author Alistair MacLean as is the sequel to The Guns of Navarone, the immensely popular film starring Gregory Peck and David Niven. Force 10 was released in 1978, and features some famous names and a powerful script cast onto the screen. The film didn't do as well as it should have, but is still a quality film. Following the successful destruction of the guns of Navarone, survivors ...
...a spy named Nicolai, who they had come across briefly in their previous mission. They are the key to the mission, as they are perhaps the only ones who can identify him. Older than they were in the first mission, Nicolai has grown from a boy to a man, and is now believed to be masterminding a sabotage operation under the guise of allied lieutenant Lescovar (Franco Nero). The experienced soldiers are joined by a selection of American soldiers, led ... Read review

Advantages: great story, real heroism, great direction
Disadvantages: no dis

The greatest war film I have ever seen! When my friend forced me to watch it I wanted to cry, because I dont like the wars and blood. From the early beginning we though it is documentary film as it starts with talking and showing some tribes life with two soldiers. It seemed to me quite strange but so interesting that I had to watch further. After nice pictures of life in wild nature the scene was disturbed by big war ship and the soldiers fall into ...
...afraid of. The film started to show soldiers in situation before war, their thoughts and feelings. Some were strong enough to show the fear, but some of them were on the edge of desperation... The film is pretty long, tooks around 2 hours and 35 minutes, so there are many things which happens and the soldiers must go through the long long far from easy way, many of them die, get hurt, make wrong decision or make something great. I have never seen ... Read review

Advantages: Gritty and moving.
Disadvantages: Slow.

...Paupua New Guinea, called the Kokoda trail. Their job is to stop the Japanese infiltrating the trail and coming closer to invading North Australia....look on a map, it really is quite close. The group of men come under constant attack, run out of food, low on ammunition, and are exhausted. Amongst the group are two brothers who become quite central to the plot. I won't give away any more of the plot other than to say it shows the absolute worst ...
...the best in man. ~~~Cinematography and directing~~~ It is slow, and I think that is intended as war is not all gun ho and running around. Whilst set in steamy rain forests, it has a ditinct trench warfare feel about it, and whilst set in the 2nd World War, it is reminiscent of the 1st. The cinematography is excellent, much of it is at night which is hard to film well, and much of it is in rain and mud. The scenery is magnificent. The music is ... Read review