Breaker Morant
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Movie Reviews of Breaker Morant
Movie Review: Good movie, but bad technology
Summary: 4 Stars
While this is a top notch movie from Woodward and Brown, the technical end of this movie was poor. On my player, I saw no time advancement. I also had no opportunity to chapter search. The movie tells the story of a trial of Australian officers who are on trial for murdering a civilian during the African Boer War at the beginning of this century. The English government decides to use these men as examples and scapegoats for the poor performance in the war. Great acting and scenery.Movie Review: pleased
Summary: 4 Stars
I had already seen the movie. I just wanted to buy it instead of renting it again. I was entirely satisfied with the purchase, including timeliness, condition, and service.Movie Review: Breaker Morant good, but
Summary: 4 Stars
Good, but didn't Stanley Kubrick tackle this same theme before and better in "Paths of Glory?"Movie Review: Good
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a film about a trial of three Australians who were accussed of shooting Boer prisoners and also the murder of a minister. The trial is interspersed with flashback scenes of the actual conflict. In short the Boers after some initial successes were defeated by the more numerous British forces. They however did not accept defeat and mounted groups of Boer farmers continued to fight a guerilla war.
The Boer war was notable for a number of things one being the invention of concentration camps. The British locked up the wives and children of the Boers so that they could not be supplied while carrying out raids. Some 20,000 women and children are said to have died in the camps.
This film centres on some Australian troops who followed orders to shoot captured Boer commandoes. One of them Breaker Morant was a noted poet of the time who in Australia had contributed to the Bullutein Magazine for some time. He volunteered with an Australian unit to fight in the war.
The film is largely about the hypcrosy of the British High Command who were willing to order the killing of prisoners and then to deny it when their actions in South Africa were causing a stink. Some territorials were put on trial to play the role of sacraficial victims.
The problem with most Australian films is that they have poor scripts. Great photography and composition is no substitute for a tight script. The virtue of this film is that it is one of the best scripted Australian films released. It is also noteworthy as a film which is critcal of the Imperial tradition. The cast is very good with Edward Woodwood, Brian Brown and Jack Thompson. One of the better Australian films made.
Movie Review: Good
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a film about a trial of three Australians who were accussed of shooting Boer prisoners and also the murder of a minister. The trial is interspersed with flashback scenes of the actual conflict. In short the Boers after some initial successes were defeated by the more numerous British forces. They however did not accept defeat and mounted groups of Boer farmers continued to fight a guerilla war.
The Boer war was notable for a number of things one being the invention of concentration camps. The British locked up the wives and children of the Boers so that they could not be supplied while carrying out raids. Some 20,000 women and children are said to have died in the camps.
This film centres on some Australian troops who followed orders to shoot captured Boer commandoes. One of them Breaker Morant was a noted poet of the time who in Australia had contributed to the Bullutein Magazine for some time. He volunteered with an Australian unit to fight in the war.
The film is largely about the hypcrosy of the British High Command who were willing to order the killing of prisoners and then to deny it when their actions in South Africa were causing a stink. Some territorials were put on trial to play the role of sacraficial victims.
The problem with most Australian films is that they have poor scripts. Great photography and composition is no substitute for a tight script. The virtue of this film is that it is one of the best scripted Australian films released. It is also noteworthy as a film which is critcal of the Imperial tradition. The cast is very good with Edward Woodwood, Brian Brown and Jack Thompson. One of the better Australian films made.