Roller-coaster

Rating: 8/10 (25 August 2012)

This is not the usual WW2 film with Germans being nasty at the start and the Allies beating them in the end. I enjoyed the film as I was lulled into thinking I knew what was going to happen and got it wrong a few times. About half way through you give up predicting the way the film will go as you got it wrong a few times already. Some reviews have said it is patchy because of the changes in direction but I believe the twists make the film better. When watching the film I thought it was a mistake to have real life characters involved as we all know how Hitler etc died. But I admit the weight of real life characters made the story stronger and built the tension. A great film when watched for the first time, but I think when you know the twists the film is a lot weaker, not one for the DVD collection.