Today, on the 4:30 movie...

Rating: Null/10 (13 September 2003)

Ever notice how these movies hold up except for the humor? McQueen as usual is just too hammy, every time he opens his mouth or mugs for the camera he kind of shoots the movie down, and it has to start building up all over again. This and various plot holes aside, the film is good and hard to "put down". The scenery shots flying around Germany and Switzerland are wonderful. But its far from perfect, I just found the stupidity of the Nazis in their ability to guard the prison camp too Col Klinkish. Amazing how once the prisoners escape, the Nazis then become this efficient crack bloodhound machine able to track them down through 3 countries. Coburn's Australian accent was nowhere to be found. Funny the Americans always play their WW2 roles for laughs and the indominatable spirit, against the usually sober more serious English characters who just want to get the job done already. Enjoyable as it is, I watched this expecting a war drama, and it didn't really deliver.