Mosquito Squadron
by Boris Sagal
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Actor: Charles Gray, David Buck, David Dundas, David McCallum, Suzanne NeveDirector: Boris Sagal
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-20
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
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Movie Review: Intriguing WWII story
Summary: 4 Stars
The movie may not earn high marks in special effects, but it isn't bad for the era. Some criticized the performances as "wooden", but I would say it's more a matter of being reserved. Aside from these criticisms, the overall story is well done.
Told from the British perspective, the primary story line is not too heavy on war (minimal ground combat and bloodshed). The few brief departures to the secondary story of a romance developing between the squadron leader and his best friend's widow are not distracting.
The Mosquito pilots are charged with taking out an underground facility located at Charlon in France. There, the Nazis' are completing their newest air assault weapon to be aimed at Britain. After information of the planned RAF attack is leaked through the capture of a member of the French Underground, the Nazis move RAF prisoners into Charlon Castle.
If the project is completed, Britain is placed in even greater danger by the Nazis. It is imperative that Charlon be destroyed regardless of the cost. The Mosquito pilots are faced not only with the risk of the mission itself; they must face the risk of killing their own colleagues held at Charlon.
Summary of Mosquito Squadron
David McCallum ("The Man From U.N.C.L.E.") stars in an epic adventure that perfectly captures the explosive action and emotional torment of war. With its astonishing special effects, stark cinematography and brilliantly choreographed aerial combat sequences, Mosquito Squadron catapults the viewer into the searing heat of battle! As Allied forces struggle against the awesome might of the German Luftwaffe, an even greater threat is posed by the destructive V3 rocket nearing completion at a secret testing center. The Royal Air Force's Mosquito Squadron gears up to destroy the site, but its leader, Quint Monroe (McCallum), becomes conflicted when he discovers that the air strikemay kill hundreds of British POWsincluding the squad's former commander!World War II aviation buffs may quibble with details in Mosquito Squadron, but they'll love it just the same. It's an average war movie, capably directed by Boris Sagal, who thrived in television before he was tragically killed by a helicopter rotor in 1981. At the peak of his post-Man from U.N.C.L.E. success, David McCallum plays a melancholy RAF ace, leading his squadron of De Havilland "Mosquito" bombers on low-altitude strikes over Nazi strongholds in Germany and France. His ground-based dilemma involves the grieving wife of his best friend, a fellow pilot presumed dead but later discovered alive with other POWs held at a French chalet where the Nazis are developing advanced V-class bombers. The RAF employs bouncing "highballs" capable of penetrating difficult targets, and the rousing climax doubles as a rescue mission and treacherous bombing run. Explosive action compensates for predictable melodrama, and Rocky Horror fans will enjoy seeing Charles ("the Criminologist") Gray as a stuffy RAF Commodore. --Jeff Shannon
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