Diagonaldi Very well executed

SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Leoni Haney Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

motman-42914 Apart from the model aircraft used, for example the three ME 109s strafing and bombing at the start and the burning bomber with a whole wing on fire - then it's not too bad a movie.The combat action scenes and the acting I thought were very good. The locations were excellent and there were quite a few twists and turns of the plot in that one never knew what might happen next. Or who, if anyone was going to get away safely to Sweden. One thing I didn't think rang true and realistic was those of the survivors reaching the Swedish border, then acting as though it was just a simple walk across the border. There were always German guards patrolling the border, looking out for escapees and others trying to get into Sweden.

SnoopyStyle It's May 1940 France. Corporal Rains (Danny Dyer) gets his men to Dunkirk for the evacuation. He's thrown in prison for striking an officer and cowardice. He breaks out taking Maj. Jack Jones (Sean Bean) hostage. Jones is impressed just enough to allow him to join the 30 Commando unit which was formed with the help of Lt. Cdr. Ian Fleming. They are sent to gather intelligence on German radar by launching a raid in Norway. Jensen (Izabella Miko) is their local contact.This has so much potential. It's Ian Fleming and his commandos. It sounds cool just on its own. There are a few ways to go with this. This is not a particularly good way. It's not a Bond-like action movie. It's also not a gritty realistic war movie. This is more of a faltering old style war movie. It's really annoying when the Nazis are standing out in the open to call out the British commando unit. It's as if they're banking on them being really bad shots. I'm also not impressed with the character Rains. His brashness can sometimes come off as a little whiny. His escape from is a scene with great possibilities. Jones should have jumped on that and take him in right away. Instead it's a lot of to-and-fro. While watching it, I kept thinking this could have been something great.

Wizard-8 I am always up for a good World War II "men on a mission" movie. Emphasis on "good". This British production is quite lacking in a number of areas that at the end make the movie overall unsatisfying. The first flaw is the budget. I realize that this didn't have a Hollywood budget, and I did see that the production squeezed every last penny they had, but much of the movie looks kind of skimpy. But the movie could still have worked had it not been for the next problem - much of the movie is not exciting. After the opening action sequence, it takes forever for the next true action scene to come along. And the footage between is not very interesting - it's lacking a sense of humor, colorful characters, and original situations. Things do pick up a little in the second half of the movie due to some nice scenery and some okay action, but this material is too little and too late. While the movie isn't actively bad, it's more often than not bland, and even Brits in the audience with an interest in World War II will likely grow weary with the movie some time before the end credits start rolling.

phd_travel This is a rather small scale intimate WWII drama about a Commando unit going to Norway to steal some radar technology from a German base there. There are gunfights but not huge battle scenes. Those expecting some super clever espionage because of Ian Fleming will be disappointed. It is a cover mission but it's not a spy yarn.A little too much time was spent on the commandos training which was tedious. More at the end about how the mission helped the war would have been better.They show Nazi atrocities towards the Norwegians. Not everyone remembers that Norway suffered during WWII.Not too many famous actors here except Sean Bean. Overall while not a must see it's an okay watch far war buffs.