Draining non-stop actioner

Rating: 8/10 (6 March 2001)

Suspense all the way here as Eastwood and Burton wipe out half the German army in an incredible final third, after a tricksy buildup leading our heroes into the very depths of Nazi territory, overcoming loads of traitors, bad luck and bad weather to break into a pretty hard to reach castle on a rescue mission (or is it?). Once their mission is accomplished the team spend about an hour fighting their way to freedom, every time they finish one section and you think they're away something else crops up and there's more Nazis to kill, more ground to be gained. Great suspense threatens to draw you right off the edge of your seat and onto the floor, as both stars try to out-cool each other. The rest of the cast don't really need to do much apart from follow their leads or get killed, but that doesn't matter ? this is all about heroism and ingenuity from Clint and Richy. Rousing.