In a daring attempt to end the war by Christmas, 35,000 British troops are dropped behind enemy lines in German occupied Holland - Operation Market Garden. One small unit of men, code name "matchbox", has its own agenda. The true target is a vast horde of gold and art treasures bound for Berlin. Seven very different British .. Read more
| Starring | Billy Zane, Michael Madsen, Karel Roden, Alexander Skarsgård |
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| Director | Colin Teague |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama |
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In a daring attempt to end the war by Christmas, 35,000 British troops are dropped behind enemy lines in German occupied Holland - Operation Market Garden. One small unit of men, code name "matchbox", has its own agenda. The true target is a vast horde of gold and art treasures bound for Berlin. Seven very different British soldiers find themseleves separated from the Allied invasion, on a collision course with three renegade Nazis who want to reclaim their horde...
| Starring | Billy Zane, Michael Madsen, Karel Roden, Alexander Skarsgård, Sean Pertwee, Neil Newbon, Tommy Flanagan, Nick Moran, Rafe Spall, Laurence Fox, Steven Speirs, Andrew Howard, David Ginola |
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| Director | Colin Teague |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 10 Jul 2006 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
The style of the movie is much like those early 60s war movies shot on a shoestring and with no allowance for the reality.
Here we get single shots from a pistol that kill instantly every time (no nasty wounded men here), uniforms that are obviously what they had in the wardrobe - they are certainly NOT para uniforms, an endless supply of cigarettes and ammunition, buildings that have never heard of a blackout, stun guns fired by holding the magazine, etc, etc, plus an American (oh, sorry he's "Canadian") Lieutenant piloting a glider!
If you have more than three brain cells working don't bother. The acting is wooden, the direction is worse and the storyline poor.
During the film i lost interest several times, but wat i did see was some cheap looking scenes wiv shody acting. I can't recall one bit of this film being entertaining. This will go down in my memory as one of the worst films ive seen!