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Ever So Slightly Limp WWII Effort

Advantages: Stellar Cast....
Disadvantages: ... But on the whole they disappoint

...to help their escape. The escape is made somewhat more lucrative by the potential of hidden treasures being unearthed and stollen to make profit. Despite the cast, the film lacks spark. Roger Moore is on occasion unconvincing as the German general and is equip with faltering accent and eyebrow raises. Niven almost phones his performance in and Gould is irritating beyond believe as the joke a minute stand up comic. These disappointments aside, it ...
...performance as does Richard Roundtree fresh from Shaft exploits. Special mention must also go to one of the most curious, brief and pointless cameo appearances by William Holden - blink and you'll miss it! To summarise the story on the whole just lacks a bit of punch as do the cast. ...

Nixu1980 16.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Escape To Athena (DVD)

Get Those Guns!

Advantages: great actors, good story, good effects
Disadvantages: None come to mind

This is not the sort of film which I would usually be interested in but as hubby likes it I thought I would give it a go. Have to say I was quite surprised by it. At the start of the film we are told that there are 2000 British service men being held on the Island of Navarone where they are to be killed in 6 days time. The army gets together an elite team which are going to help with the rescue of the men. The team is being lead by Major Roy Franklin, ...
...2 guns which are stopping the British ships from getting to the island to rescue the 2000 troops. The men set off with their plan and have been told that they have to complete their mission on time as the ships are going in and the army does not want to loose these 6 ships. The men have major obstacles to overcome including the climbing of a cliff face and meeting up with the resistance who are going to help them. Will they be able to complete this ...

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Review of The Guns Of Navarone (Ultimate Edition) (DVD)

Great War Movies- The Guns of Navarone

Advantages: Top grade performances, excellent script, nerve wracking climax
Disadvantages: Not a classic in league of Bridge on River Kwai

One of the best war movies to come out has been the 1960's movie The Guns of Navaronne. Now hold it, Guns is not a WW2 classic in the league of Bridge on River Kwai, Saving Private Ryan and Paths of Glory. Nor is it a holocaust epic like Schindlers List or The Pianist. The Guns is more a straight forward tale of "guys lets get together and conduct an operation". It was a very popular genre in the 60's especially, when you had movies like Where Eagles ...
...name a few. The formula was simple, get in some big shot names, come up with a story of a derring do plot on a Nazi base, show them as idiotic, brainless goofs and add in the obligatory female company. In that aspect The Guns of Navaronne is no different, but where it strikes out, is the movie has a sensible script, good enough twists, strong character development and enthralling action sequences. I guess that is particularly due to Carl Foreman, ...

scorpionkingindia 16.10.2006 · Read full review
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Review of The Guns Of Navarone (DVD)

Dam Busters

Advantages: great film, based on a true story, low flying sequences
Disadvantages: some special effects

...produce war material to fight the Germans. But Barnes Wallis (Michael Redgrave), a British scientist, has an idea to shorten the war. He believes that if a bomb (that has not been developed yet) is released from an aircraft doing a certain speed from a certain height then that bomb will bounce on the surface of the water hitting the wall of a Dam, where it will sink to a predetermined depth and then explode using the force of the water to breach ...
...and therefore severely damaging the German war effort. This could be a crazy scientist's pipe dream, but this movie is in fact the true story of how the bouncing bomb was conceived and developed culminating in the execution of Operation Chastise which was the mission to destroy the Möhne, Sorpe and the Eder Dam's in an attempt to cripple Germany's ability to make war. The reality was that although two of the Dams were breached, output was back to ...

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Review of The Dam Busters (DVD)

Edge of the Seat War Actioner

Advantages: Great direction, performances, great action scenes
Disadvantages: Dont expect any cerebral stuff.

As a kid loved watching the WW2 flicks. ''Where Eagles Dare'', ''Guns of Navaronne'',''The Great Escape'',''The Dirty Dozen'', ''Bridge on the River Kwai'' and ''Saving Private Ryan'' are some of my perennial favourites. It also helps that I have an avid interest in WW2 related stuff, and about the Nazi stuff also. Have a large collection of material on this, so guess I enjoy these movies more. Guns of Navaronne is based on the work of my fav writer ...
...real lousy flicks. The Plot On the Island of Navaronne, there are 2 mighty guns which are blowing up the Allied ships and preventing them from entering the Greek islands under Nazi rule. In order to destroy the guns, a crack team is made up under the command of Major Roy Franklin( Anthony Quayle) consisting of the following members. Keith Mallory (Gregory Peck)- An expert mouintaneer who has a good command over the German language. Corporal John ...

cyberian1969 18.11.2005 · Read full review
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Review of The Guns Of Navarone (Superbit) (DVD)