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Flyboys
2006
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots. Read more
| Starring | Scott Hazell, Mac McDonald, Philip Winchester, Todd Boyce |
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| Director | Tony Bill |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama |
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Flyboys
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
| Starring | Scott Hazell, Mac McDonald, Philip Winchester, Todd Boyce, Michael Jibson, Karen Ford, James Franco, Martin Henderson, Ian Rose, Lex Shrapnel, David Ellison, Abdul Salis, Jennifer Decker |
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| Director | Tony Bill |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 20 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 13 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English, Fench Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 08 Oct 2007 Blu-ray: 24 Dec 2007 Production year: 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
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In 1916, the French air force created the Lafayette Escadrille, a squadron of bi-planes piloted mostly by young... read more on Time Out
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53 out of 70 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
Good story, but not too well told..
Before the USA officially joined WW1, several american boys who did not have to do so, bravely (or for a sense of adventure) volunteered for action overseas. This is based on the true exploits of one of these groups. Therefore, though similar things have been comitted to film before, its not a bad reprise of a theme and the story does make this a worthwhile watch.
Having said the above, and though the film is 'good', it does have a real spread on with a trowel 'boys own' comic feel about it, this is even taking into account the different etiquette and machinery of war in 1917 being very different than today.
The air battle scenes look a bit like CGI from 10 years ago, and the general action and play of the film feels somehow contrived. It all lacks something 'gripping' to take it from just good to excellent.
So there is nothing really new to see, but the story is worthwhile and scrapes a recommendation for that alone. -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
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enjoyable
I enjoyed this film. Some good action scenes. It was not over done but could have had a few improvements. If you like war films, give this a try.
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Flyboys
- 29 May 2007
There haven't been many WWI dogfight movies since I dunno The Blue Max? A popular genre in the 1920s and 30s (you will recall Leonardo DiCaprio's Howard Hughes going for broke in The Aviator) it fell by the wayside after WWII for all the obvious reasons. You would imagine that the primary motivation to revive the genre today would be to reflect on current events in some form. But maybe not: Flyboys harks back to such unfashionable ideas about heroism and war, it might have been written in 1916 Read more
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FLYBOYS is a good old-fashioned historical drama concerning the Lafayette Escadrille, a French regiment of American volunteer airmen serving the allied cause in WWI before the US became officially ... -
