Bardlerx Strictly average movie

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Theo Robertson THE WILD GEESE is a legendary film for Britons of a certain age . Richard Burton and an overacting Richard Harris lead a bunch of mercenaries in to the African veldt killing lots of bad guys . It maybe doesn't have the high brow pretensions of something like ZULU but as a tough action adventure movie it makes you proud to be British . One can understand why film producers would want to do a sequel and certainly an audience would queue at a cinema to see noble clichéd good Africans being saved from cruel commie bad black Africans . The problem with this sequel is ...1 ) It doesn't feature any characters or actors from the original film 2 ) It doesn't feature any battle scenes set in the African continent 3 )Even as a film in its own right it fails to stand on its own legs The plot featuring a plan to abduct Rudolph Hess from Spandau Prison is ludicrous and despite the low brow nature of the original when it came to geo-politics at least there was an element of credibility to the proceedings even if it was to just set up the story . Here in the sequel the storyline tries to deceive the audience that it's thriller of great complexity involving twists and turns , double crosses and triple crosses involving nations states , double agents , criminal gangs and terrorist organizations . After a short while you'll be confused as to what it all means but the good news is that you'll have stopped caring at this point . And on the topic of geo-politics this is a British film which means the American anti-hero hates the IRA for some reason which is not something you could say about the average American in the early 1980s. In fact if it was an entirely American production the IRA would be the good guys So in summary this is a film that cheats the audience in to thinking they're watching a film that's a sequel to a well regarded action adventure . It's not bad per se but it is rather uninvolving and most of the entertainment value comes from watching actors talk in very stupid accents

unclecessna So Wild Geese II, Nearly every review I have ever come across regarding this film has been very negative and to be honest from reading a lot of them I don't even think many had watched the movie to begin with... The original Wild Geese - these days a Sunday afternoon guilty pleasure classic that when looked at objectively is actually a fairly routine action film with a join the dots script and pedestrian direction. What makes that film work I suspect for most people is the actual African location photography and seeing a lot of mainly washed-up actors hamming it up ridiculously to pay their bar tabs. Wild Geese II is very different from that movie, new cast, mainly new crew and made nearly ten years later - Wild Geese II is more of a spy thriller than action film. It offers a much more intelligent script, Great location work in Cold War era Berlin and some genuine storyline surprises. One aspect of the film that I think it really shares with the original is that any of the main characters can get killed at any time although it is a bit more edgy this time around.Another aspect - in this case bad unfortunately is seeing another washed-up actor hamming for the alcohol bills, Edward Fox in this case who is just plain awful here taking over from what would have been Richard Burton's role. He plays second fiddle here to Scott Glenn - at the time flavor of the month upcoming star to appeal to the American market. Glenn although usually good in other movies is positively catatonic here. The interesting thing is that bad as the two leads are they do not bring the film down as the rest of the cast is filled out with mainly good supporting actors - the standouts being Barbara Carerra in a pretty thankless role as the love interest, an actor who plays an IRA gunman and another actor who plays a British Sergeant-Major. Also Peter Hunt the director deserves credit for keeping the fairly convoluted story moving along at a brisk pace. So overall not as dated as the original but still dated, better story and better direction but with a bad rep - I think this is an unusual case of a sequel surpassing the original but audiences seem unwilling to give it a chance probably because the first just wasn't that good to begin with.

seosamh-1 Great film. This film is very different to the first oneand is also very enjoyable. It has a lot of very good action and an interesting story as well as being shot on location in pre 1989 Berlin. I like the music too. There are some clichés but it has lots of thrills and will teach you something about German history.I live In Berlin myself but moved here after the wall came down so this film gives you some idea what it was like to live here when the city was divided. Berlin is a fascinating city and has a lot to offer. This film does more than just tell a story- it gives you some insight into the 80s in Berlin.

usobands I saw this film just once in the mid eighties immediately after it's release. For anyone mildly interested in the historical events of the 'cold war' era, it is an excellent example(without giving away any of the plot) of how the East and West used Hess as a pawn. Olivier as always, does a truly remarkable job portraying the latter day Hess. I could not imagine any other actor being able to portray him so convincingly, and with the usual attention Olivier paid to his visual appearance, he gives a first class performance which has remained in my memory some 17 years on. It left such a good impression on me that I have spent the last 15 years scanning the TV film pages for it - to no avail. Scott Glenn too returns a creditable performance, and Edward Fox steps into the shoes of Richard Burton quite seamlessly. Good story line for anyone with even a scant knowledge of modern history, and well directed. This film has never seemed to make it to the TV screens and I cannot understand why. Nor have I seen a video available in the UK. It is an excellent film, but probably not of much interest to the younger viewer who has no interest in the era and the history