Sensational war movie

Rating: Null/10 (27 May 2005)

This is undoubtedly one of the finest war movies ever made. No other film comes close to matching the quality of the cast in A Bridge Too Far. There are a whole plethora of big name stars in this blockbuster, all at the top of their game. The film is centred around the disastrous Battle of Arnhem in which the Allies suffered heavy casualties as the Hun refused to concede defeat, despite the fact that Germany was doomed to failure in the Second World War. The film is not exactly accurate in some of its portrayals, not least the scene when Robert Redford storms one of the bridges. In real life it was a Brit who carried out that role, but Hollywood is Hollywood! Regardless, the film is superb, moving performances conveying the horrors of war. Well worth seeing.