Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3083 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-05-05
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English, German
• Subtitled in: Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Dutch
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 92 minutes

DVD Description
Dazzling flying sequences, bone-shaking sound and superb special effects help to make this one of the most realistic air combat films ever to reach the screen.

Special Features

• Original theatrical trailer
  
• Interactive menu screens and chapter selections

Synopsis
Cliff Robertson portrays a combat-weary pilot whose R.A.F. squadron is ordered to destroy a Nazi rocket fuel plant tucked deep into a Norwegian fjord. Based on a true story.

Customer Reviews

Dig the Mosquito!!
This was one of my fave films ever when I was 11, along with the Dambusters and Battle of Britain. I didn't notice the fairly naff special effects or at times bad acting, but I was taken with the Mosquito and the the ending where 633 Squadron fly up the fjord and try to blow up the V2 rocket fuel factory.

Seeing it 10 years later, I still very much enjoy it, but notice the faults (the naff effects etc) but it doesn't take away from a very enjoyable film. The parts where they discuss the mission and train for it are all well done, and the flying scenes (apart from the dodgy models) are well done. The parts with the squadron leader and the resistance cell's leader's sister are pretty bad though.

I'd definately recommend this, along with Battle of Britain and The Dambusters as a great war film, and a chance to see some great aeroplanes.

Star Wars !
Anybody who has watched Star Wars (the original first film from 1977) will realise, watching the climax of this film, what a great deal of inspiration George Lucas got from it when he filmed the destruction of the Death Star. It features exactly the same narrow fjord like attack path, bristling with AA guns, and the one bomb that really does the business, after most of the attackers bite the dust ! Great fun.

For Mosquito Lovers Everywhere
It's a pretty naff film (even for its era). The model and special effects were pretty poor - even then.

The HUGE plus for warbird afficandos are the last three airworthy Mosquitos roaring across the screen. It was the last time - and now at time of writing (Nov 2004) there are no airworthy Mossies - so the film records their wooden wonder passing.

Ron Goodwin's stirring "633 Squadron March" is a gem to go with the flying sequences.