Average rating: 3.81   76.2% from 8 members


Band Of Brothers

As honest and brutal as Saving Private Ryan and spread over ten episodes, it doesn't get much better than this!

Saving Private Ryan

Awesome and brutally honest. No.1 WW2 movie of all time!
  • Saving Private Ryan on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Edward Burns,  Tom Sizemore
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Steven Spielberg's World War II tour de force chronicles the journey of a GI squad on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. Led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks), the unit is under orders to track down a soldier, Private Ryan (Matt Damon), so he might return home to his mother in ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 56,795 members

Black Hawk Down

Turn up the surround sound and close the curtains coz this film is a real treat, modern war cinema at its best!

Stalingrad

Gritty and uncompromising,while watching you think to yourself "f**k that!", enough said!

Platoon

Great film, just a load of messed up guys not knowing what their fighting for!
  • Platoon on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Charlie Sheen,  Willem Dafoe,  Tom Berenger
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In PLATOON, Oliver Stone uses his experience as an infantryman in Vietnam to convey the immediacy of guerrilla warfare: the brutal heat of the jungle, the brushes with such wildlife as snakes and leeches, and, most powerfully, the presence of the unseen enemy. Charlie Sheen stars as Chris, a raw ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 30,455 members

The Bridge On The River Kwai

Like all true Brits they start with no hope in hell and come through at the end with their dignity intact! Classic film that should never be forgotten!

Enemy At The Gates

Oooh, great shot!! Easily the best sniper film I've seen and a cracking story to go with the superb action!

Hamburger Hill

Good movie largely under rated, doesn't shy away from the fact that the yanks got their butts kicked in Vietnam!
  • Hamburger Hill on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Anthony Barrile,  Tim Quill,  Michael Dolan
    Director: John Irvin
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    Because Hamburger Hill was released less than a year after Oliver Stone's Platoon and within months of Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, this exceptionally well-made film about one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War was largely overshadowed and overlooked. It's a pity, because in some ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 4,325 members

Full Metal Jacket

Enough to put any overweight teenager off ever wanting to be a marine, the classic line "this is my rifle, this is my gun" will live long in the memory!
  • Full Metal Jacket on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Matthew Modine,  Adam Baldwin,  Vincent D'Onofrio
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In this riveting look at military life during the Vietnam conflict, Stanley Kubrick, who made the powerful antiwar classics PATHS OF GLORY (WWI) and DR. STRANGELOVE (the cold war), once again explores the behavior of men in battle. FULL METAL JACKET, adapted from Gustav Hasford's novel THE SHORT ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 30,964 members

Windtalkers

A real little gem, brilliantly shot and a true story I knew nothing about!
  • Windtalkers on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Christian Slater,  Adam Beach
    Director: John Woo
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    WINDTALKERS begins quietly--with widescreen aerial shots of clouds that gradually clear to reveal the beautiful mesas of Monument Valley. A bus collects Navajo volunteers Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach) and Charlie Whitehorse (Roger Willie). It's 1943, and the U.S. has developed an indecipherable secret ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 11,417 members




Average rating for this collection: Average rating: 3.81   76.2% from 8 members

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