A Classic WW2 cliffhanger

Rating: 10/10 (2 February 1999)

This is a classic WW2 cliffhanger (all pun intended). A great film with a large doses of action, suspense and testosterone. This is truly a "macho" film which is my kind of film. Women probably won't like this but this movie comes from a long gone era in which Hollywood made simple action films without too much swearing and gruesome violence but still had great excitement from start to finish. Plus it has young Clint Eastwood doing that really great quiet, tough guy bit. Richard Burton is good too and some say that his character in the Maclean novel was the basis for James Bond. Eastwood and Burton make a great team and this might be the first modern buddy action film. Although Burton I felt was supposed to be the star of the film Eastwood somehow quietly stole the show as a believable cold-hearted killing machine. A great film worthy of being on the top 250. Sure the plot is a bit
unrealistic but it is still great fun.
Rating- 3.5/4
If you liked this film you would also enjoy THE GUNS OF NAVARONE which is also adopted from a Alistar Maclean novel and is also a good film with an all-star cast.