Steaming pile of crap
Nuff said.
share+1. this movie sucked.
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I wouldn't call it a "steaming pile of crap", though it did leave a lot to be desired. I suspect Ian Fleming is still spinning in his grave.
Too little attention to detail was paid - which constantly yanked me away from my suspension of disbelief. The actors mostly looked like actors trying to convince us they were soldiers. Not their fault entirely, mostly down to silly little things like the "flight sergeant" who was wearing only the rank of a sergeant - and the general lack of ease they all had with the uniforms and equipment. The military police in the prison were a joke and very stereotypical - but that could be me being over-critical having served 10yrs with them. In fact, no, they were a joke. RMP (or CMP as it was then) don't guard prisons - any more than civilian police guard civilian prisons. Nor do they look like a bag of crap tied in the middle - rant over ;)
If this had been part of a television docu-drama to emphasise the re-telling of real events (something the BBC does very well), it might have passed muster - just. As things are, it failed to tick too many boxes to be considered a serious movie. I doubt it will hold the attention of many people with a military background (or those with an interest in military history) enough to make them want to watch it more than once - if they get through it the first time.
I agree that it isn't a steaming pile of crap, it was ok, but no more.
When I heard about this film, I was interested in seeing it, but only got around to seeing it today on Lovefilm instant.
Generally speaking for a DTV low budget film it is one of the better straight to video releases I have seen. It's just a shame that for an important story such as the formation of the 30 commando unit it lost its way in places, especially towards the end.
You could see that they had very little to work with and they did a good job from that point of view but the script and character development could have been so much better. The story overall flowed quite well and moved along at a good pace, not too slow or to fast.
It wasn't perfect though and there were plenty of flaws. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed it and thought the action scenes held up for the most part, but it felt like there was something missing. It didn't quite hit the spot for me. There were three segments in the film which were poor. The end of the prison scene, the training scenes and the end. The Prison scene seemed ridiculous, the training scenes weren't detailed enough and the ending looked like they ran out of ideas or money. Too much was left to the imagination. A little left to the imagination is ok, but not too much.
In summary worth a watch, but not a keeper.
This is a B-grade movie, but I enjoyed it. The plot is a hell of a lot more believable than, say, Saving Private Ryan, there's plenty of action, the acting is decent, and it doesn't drag in places as often happens with war movies.
shareOk, just got settled to watch this. Then I noticed on the disc that the Stukas had swastikas beneath their wings and not the German cross that they should have had. Then I saw Danny Dyer's face........
shareWhile not quite a steaming pile of crap, or spoc for short, it sure did fall short of its mark. I have seen mention of low budgets and a slurry of excuses, but when Sean Bean headlines and the film purportes to be about Sir Ian Flemming's beginning as an intelligence officer, I expect more. The films faults are not in the cast nor the budget. It is badly written, superficial, understated, and dry. The film opened subjects and then let them drop as if there was no importance. Why even bother? 5.5 is an honest rating for what is not a train wreck but should have been much better considering the historical importance of the subject matter.
shareWhat was the point of making this film? It had the sort of plot that was so common in productions of the last half of the 20th century, with some extra violence thrown in. (I'm not convinced that the Germans would have treated the Norwegian civilians as harshly as they were portrayed doing.)
"Sean Bean, England's most versatile actor," says IMDB, but in nearly all the films in which I've seen him he's played a very tough guy, usually an accomplished soldier. He was in his early 50s when he made AOH, but then ageing has never stopped actors being cast as superfit.
The most annoying element was the inclusion of the girl, who lent absolutely nothing at all to the story.
Good scenery, though I wonder how long it took the British Army to realise that white clothing was better than khaki in snow-covered terrain. The group really stood out as it plodded through open country.