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"Ha! What price snowballs now?"
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...the true story of the battle which was the Royal Navy's first victory of World War II. In December 1939 three cruisers, Exeter, Ajax and Achilles, under the command of Commodore Henry Harwood, were sent to intercept the German pocket battleship Graf Spee which had been sinking Allied merchant shipping in the South Atlantic. After a fierce gunfight off the coast of Uruguay, the Graf Spee retired to the nearby port of Montevideo for repairs. As Uruguay ...
...Battle Of The River Plate will never win anyone's Best Film award but is a hugely enjoyable waste of two hours. In real life Langsdorff, a broken man, shot himself days after his ship was scuttled. This is not depicted in the film. ...
 pinkmatchstick 03.02.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Battle Of The River Plate (DVD)
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Classic desert drama and one of the best films MIlls ever made
Advantages: Lots of action, great performances
Disadvantages: Made on a low budget, a little dated
...beer commercial. Fact is that Ice Cold In Alex is one of the best war films ever made. "Ice Cold" is the beer and "Alex" is Alexandria, the Egyptian city where Desert Rats hung out during World War Two. The film was made in 1958 and Mills was 50-odd at the time which is probably why he was cast as an ambulance driver fleeing the batle of Tobruk rather than a young blade. The film caused great controversy at the time as his romantic interest was a ...
...as they say, a ripping yarn with John Mills excellent as usual But it's very much an ensemble piece and deserves its classic status. In an age where special effects and gadgetry take precedence over narrative and emotional depth, Ice Cold In Alex stands the test of time. ...
 bookaddict 18.07.2009 · Read full review
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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 ...
sewbizzie 06.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Guns Of Navarone (Ultimate Edition) (DVD)
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Battle for Bataan
Advantages: True Story, good acting
Disadvantages: John Wayne! dated effects
This film sees John Wayne leaving his cowboy films behind and playing the role of Colonel Joseph Madden. Madden is stationed out on the island of Luzon in the Philippians who are under attack from the Japanese. The film is set in 1945 during the second world war. Madden is told he must leave his men behind and go out to work with the guerrilla fighters who are going to help defend the Island. Madden meets up with some of the men and they set of to ...
...Japanese occupation but along the way they find a work line which consists of hundreds of captured soldiers. Madden spots a Captain Andres Bonifacio and sets about breaking him free so that he can join them with their mission. Madden soon learns that Bonifacio is not willing to fight as he believes that the love of his life is a traitor and now working for the Japanese. The men set off and soon reach a school where the Japanese have just hung the ...
sewbizzie 05.08.2009 · Read full review
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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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VAX V060
 Price; suction; on board tools (*)
Garmin zumo 550
Can be used with a gloved hand, easy to install, uses Mapsource (*)
NAD C 315 BEE
Powerdrive-S technology, No genre preference, Great sound quality, Very low distortion (*)
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