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Other Brit war films with this level of realism?

posted 15 years ago by MattBedo
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I'm sure anyone who served in the British Army/RM etc can watch this and see how the realism factor was a big part of this film. The hexy cookers, the colour of the ration packs (green packets for the bickies and those little cans of pate), the webbing was spot on as were the bergens, sweets and even chucking in the tabasco (nice touch) which a lot of soldiers do.

Can anyone name other films (preferably British) that have that level of realism in them? Haven't seen The One that got Away yet but it's on me list.

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[–] jejozi 12 years ago

Realism? Yeah, they're standing in the middle of a completely flat desert, without a bit of cover, with tanks, heavy machine guns and 50 soldiers firing at them and only one of them gets nicked and none buy it? Right. At least they got the colors and food right. lol And people like to trash Hollywood if they exaggerate the exploits of the American military.

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[–] MacMurrah 8 years ago

I think there is a movie about the infamous Siege of Kut in WW1.
Pretty gritty and grim stuff, not for the faint hearted.

[–] shimonmor 8 years ago

"Kilo Two Bravo" is pretty well done but kind of grim. It's currently on Netflix.