Too Far Indeed.

Rating: 5/10 (22 September 2013)

Based on Cornelius Ryan's historical account of the real life failure of Allied plans to secure several German bridges during World War II. American, British, and Polish soldiers(played by an all-star cast including Michael Caine, Anthony Hopkins, Ryan 0' Neal, Sir Laurence Olivier, Gene Hackman, and Sean Connery) try valiantly to make the plan a success, but are thwarted by poor planning and underestimated German forces.
Mostly downbeat film is well acted of course, but goes on far too long telling its ultimately doomed account of this failed mission. When the outcome is already known, and everyone knows who won the war anyway, the film feels largely like a waste of effort. Not bad by any means, but a failed effort like the mission it's portraying...