Product: Flyboys [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 5.0
Flyboys (Full Screen Edition)
Before the United States entered World War I, young Americans went to France to be fighter pilots, joining the Lafayette Escadrille. This fictional version follows a laconic Texas rancher, an eager Nebraska kid, a Black boxer already in France, and a New York swell, as they arrive green for training, get their baptism by fire when German planes ambush them on their first mission, and graduate to heroics. Rawlings, the Texan, falls in love with a young woman he meets at a bordello. Keeping their eyes on them are Captain Thenault and Cassidy, the resident ace, who keeps a pet lion. This is a great movie. The flight scene special effects were difficult to impossible to distinguish from the actual flying. The aerial combat was exciting, tense, and realistic with the attack on the zeppelin being the best scene of the movie. This movie does not shy away from the ugly aspects of combat. Very entertaining. I recommend it. A fun movie with good historical point.