Blacker than black

Rating: Null/10 (9 February 2003)

I can only imagine how ground-breaking this must have seemed back in 1970. The mixture of the horrors of war with hilarious lunatic humour shouldn't work but it does.
There's blood and guts everywhere and through it all Hawkeye and Trapper manage to wreak havoc and cause general mischief at every possible turn. Witness the nausea inducing scene where Hawkeye is busy sawing off some poor unfortunates legs and nonchalantly asks one of the nurses to scratch his nose. I recently got the DVD having not seen the film since I was 16. I laughed just as much as I did then.
This is just one of those rare occasions when Hollywood actually gets something right and for many of the actors this is the pinnacle of their career. Donald Sutherland has rarely been better and as for Elliott Gould...well its a far cry from playing Monica and Ross' dad on friends. Quality.