Average Viewers

Rating: 9/10 (29 August 2005)

After reading Ghost Soldiers, I had been waiting for this movie for some time now. I felt it was an accurate account of the actual events. However, one real disappointing scene in the movie for me was the prison camp flyover by the Beechcraft C-45. One of the events that helped make that raid so successful was the flyover, but it was actually flown by a Northrop P-61 Black Widow. If you're not familiar with the P-61 Black Widow, I suggest you do a little research. Coming out of the clouds at dusk, this all black, twin engine night fighter certainly did get the attention of the Japanese at the camp which allowed the rangers to get closer. In fact, this plane was also never before seen by any of the American prisoners. With all the technology that Hollywood has available, I was quite surprised they didn't use a computer generated one. I'm sure there are a couple of other "historians" that were disappointed as well.