Best of it's kind

Rating: Null/10 (17 January 2000)

This is the best escape movie of all time, excellent performances all round (the only "iffy" is James Coburn's woeful Australian accent..it makes Dick van Dykes cockney chimneysweep in Mary Poppins almost seem genuine!). The film is enjoyable throughout and the "true" storyline shows the inventiveness and skill of the POW's in hatching their plot. The final scenes are very poignant.