They threw away the mold ... there won't be another like it.

Rating: 9/10 (19 December 2015)

If you have yet to sit down and watch this movie, I have to ask what are you waiting for? This has got some of the coolest acting around. Steve McQueen is one amazing actor and he gets to do his thing here. It is actually kind of hard to describe easily what Steve brings to this movie. Granted, he is a main character, but there are plenty of those running around in this film. Steve though, stands out above the fray, at least in my book, and you root for the guy to get through what he has to do to get by. But being in a German prison camp can't be easy. These actors are pretty good at getting that point across, in spades. Life is tough behind barbed wire with marksmen watching over every move your making, or at least they are trying too. Thankfully, the Germans are not always as attentive as they should be. Sit down in a comfy chair, put your seat belt on tight and hang on, especially once Steve gets some horsepower under his butt. The ending isn't really, 'cause the prisoners just are not going to quit trying to leave.