USA wins the war, again!

Rating: Null/10 (1 June 2000)

Hollywood is great at escapism. Suspension of disbelief is a prerequisite of most movies hitting our shores from across the water. However, even though this is a thunderously exciting, suspensful film, the sheer cheek of shanghaing a British wartime triumph and decking it up in the stars and stripes really sticks in the craw. This REALLY spoilt my enjoyment of an otherwise entertaining feature.
It doesn't come close to the more intellectually stimulating Das Boot. Even Crimson Tide was (much) better. It worries me that films like this might convince Americans of the younger generations that the non-USA lives which were lost in WWII, both Allies and Axis, are inconsequential. Private Ryan was guilty of the same sin.
The US-biased casting of a forthcoming film on Colditz is very worrying. I'd be intrigued to see how Hollywood might treat a subject like the Battle of Britain.