Excellent Movie

Rating: 9/10 (31 July 2015)

Lost count of how many times I have watched and re-watched this film I think there may even been times I rewound the tape and played it again!
At first you think the film is a war epic, perhaps its about torture, prisoners of war, but I actually think there is more a madness and also a pride aspect to the film.
Both Colonel Nicholson and also Saiko are prime examples of the very pride I am talking about. This is so evident that they have problems drawing common sense conclusions about their attitudes and issues they have with each other!
Both are POW's but neither will lift a finger to help the other!
Instead they are each determined they will make it on their own.
Both William Holdena and Alec Guiness deliver outstanding performances. Fantastic film, haven't you seen it 20 times yet?