War > Sinatra, Frank War

Advantages: Suspense, Thrills, Humour
Disadvantages: None

...capture the commanding German Major von Klemment, (Wolfgang Preiss) and take over the running of the train with the idea of finding a deserted place to abandon it and make their attempt at freedom. However, they are prevented from carrying out this idea when they get bombed by an allied air attack. The supporting cast, John Leyton as Lieutentant Orde, and Sergio Fantoni as the Italian Captain Oriani who helps man the train. American stars James ...
...Goodliffe is the doctor. Towards the end of the film, (without revealing too much) the countryside around the Alps provides some really good aerial photography. The musical score was by Jerry Goldsmith, his credits are like an encyclopaedia, Star Trek Next Generation, Basic Instinct and Omen IV even since 2000 he has still scored for about a dozen films. The film runs for about 1hr. 50mins and is in Cinemascope and colour. For me this is one of ... Read review

Advantages: good action movie
Disadvantages: --

This is the first film that I ever watched in which the main character was killed. (I first saw it as a child.) The final scene has Sinatra gunned down as he is stretching out his hand to be pulled up into the back of the train. You are watching willing him on, hoping that the outstretched hands of his comrades will meet his. They don't and they are left watching as the train continues on with him receding further and further into the distance lying ...
...of Allied POWs led by Sinatra trying to escape to freedom. They nearly get caught out several times. One time that particularly sticks in my mind is where Sinatra's pilot watch becomes the attention of a German who attempts to barter with him for it. Of course, Sinatra's character speaks no German and he is getting ever more tense as the scene goes on. He is eventually rescued by one of his colleagues who does speak German. As far as I remember ... Read review

Advantages: A truly brilliant film
Disadvantages: The second half of the film

This has to be another film that's in my top 10. A truly brilliant film with all round quality throughout. Plot This film follows the life of a young army recruit that is nicknamed Joker as he goes though training and then gets moved to Vietnam for a tour of duty. During training, he is forced to work with the most incompetent private in the platoon, nicknamed Private pyles, who is soon detested by everyone. [WARNING SPOILER!!!] Pyles soon ...
...turning the rifle upon himself. [SPOILER END!!!] The second half of the film follows Joker as he goes into the field to take photos and ends up in a fiery battle in vietnam. I think the plot starts to go downhill after the drill sergeant is killed as he is by far the best character in this film. Characters As i've already said, the drill sergeant was the best character in this film by adding comeical value to the film with his strange and ... Read review

Advantages: great plot, touching characters
Disadvantages: none

...awards The story of Saints and Soldiers is set in December 1944 , Belgium, Ardennes Forest. The film begins with a group of allied prisoners who have been captured by the dastardly Germans. A commotion in the prisoners starts and one of them manages to prise a gun from a German soldier and shoot him. The Germans being the cruel fiends they are, open fire on the captured American soldiers while they are fleeing towards the trees to save their lives. ...
...and with only one gun between 4 men they have to make their journey back to allied ground and treachorously make their way behind enemy lines. Along the way they rescue a British Pilot who they decide to help as he is carrying reconassance photographs. This film allows you to connect to the characters and learn their past and their future dreams. There'll be times when you want to cheer and urge them on, then again there will be times when you want ... Read review

Advantages: Two Truly Great War Films
Disadvantages: Theres Only Two

Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima single disc editions double pack with no special features. In 1944 the second World War was entering its final act and the forces of the Empire of Japan were being defeated and hemmed in. After losses at Saipan and the Marianas the United States directed its forces for the first time at a dominion of Japans homeland-the grey, dusty island of Iwo Jima. The Japanese defenders anticipating invasion began ...
...battle from both sides. Flags of Our Fathers at its centre unravels the events surrounding the iconic photograph of a group of marines and sailors raising the stars and stripes on a tip of Mt Suribache and the fall out in human consequences of those that did or maybe did take part as the U.S. media and the military political machine drew them in out of the front line and compelled them on a bond selling tour to boost a U.S. war fund grasping for ... Read review