George C. Scott gives a performance for the ages

Rating: 8/10 (8 May 2019)

George C. Scott portraying real-life war icon General George S. Patton Jr. is simply outstanding in the role. The screenplay (helmed by Francis Ford Coppola) paints the character as a controversial man whose life's focus was on war and nothing else. Scott plays the role with a tremendous amount of brutality and confidence and really carries the entire film. With fantastic war scenes to boot, this is one of the all-time great war pictures.