Escapist entertainment

Rating: 6/10 (22 November 2003)

I'm a little surprised ar how highly this movie is rated by IMBD fans. It's a decent movie with a lot of stars but a lot of it reminds me of "Hogan's Heroes" without the laugh track. Characters played by Steve McQueen and James Garner act more like they're in summer camp instead of a German prison camp. Ohhh, big penalty--put him in the cooler (a little prison cell where McQueen plays handball) for trying to escape. "Stalag 17" was not only a more convincing POW film but it had a more satisfying ending.