Quite good.

Rating: 8/10 (16 July 2006)

Being once a former History student myself and WWII is part of the syllabus, any movies relating to that era I will always try to catch it. This is one of those which I saw it just days ago on the TV here.
Now, to the movie itself proper. The war is about to end. Telling from the viewpoints of the various Allied forces and even Germany as well, it showcases the failed attempt to capture several bridges to Germany in World War II in a campaign called Operation Market-Garden.
When I saw the cast list over here, it's amazing that few of those are well-known till today. Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins and so on. No wonder it's like an all-star cast of sorts in a WWII-relating movie.
What one of those things that my History classes never taught is that some of these stories surfaced during the war but often went unnoticed. Maybe this has to be one of those cases.
I have to say eventually - quite good.