Mosquito Squadron
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Movie Reviews of Mosquito Squadron
Movie Review: Okay World War 2 air drama
Summary: 3 Stars
The most suprising thing about this movie is its date -1968 .It bears all the marks of a movie made in the UK about a decade or so earlier when the war movie was a staple ingredient of the British film industry
The eponymous squadron of the RAF is tasked with carrying out a raid on a German occupied chateau in France where the Nazis are developing a new weapon ,the remote control bomb the V3 .They are utilising new and untested technology -a new type of bomb-and they are also having to cope with a moral dilemma as the Germans are holding several hundred allied troops as POW's in the cahteau and the raid will almost certainly kill those prisoners
The direction by Boris Sagal is fine and the raid itself well executed within obvious budgetary restrictions .Acting is solid all round especially from David McCallum as the leader of the raid -who must also find tome to console the wife of his best friend who is missing in action-and from the always watchable Charles Gray
The movie is old fashioned and some way short of top drawer movies in the genre ,such as The Dam Busters but its an okay time passer
Movie Review: Mosquitoes revisited
Summary: 3 Stars
Mosquito Squadron is a take-off on the 633 Squadron film. After viewing the movie, many sequences were taken from 633. The same landing pattern segment was used and the same crash landing and firefighting sequence. The saving grace was a better storyline and better acting. However, Sixties special effects were still inadequate. George Lucas has spoiled us or at least me. Again, my motivation in purchasing this DVD was to see the flying abilities of the De Havilland Mosquito in low altitude attack mode. This aircraft was famous for it.Movie Review: I Need To Learn To Read The Reviews First!
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this on the fly (no pun intended)at a local store, then watched it , then ran to Amazon.com to read the reviews. Yup, it's all been said before. This is a clone of 633 Squadron, even down to the plane crash and the hook-handed pilot.
The two-pilots-love-same-woman reminded me of Pearl Harbor.
Still, some good acting and good flying footage. Worth a view if you can buy it cheap.
Movie Review: Military action movie review
Summary: 3 Stars
Movie was not bad - I grew up watching war movies (parents were in the military), director could of shortened the love scenes between David McCallum and Suzanne Neve. Watch with your girlfriend & popcornMovie Review: An okay RAF movie WWII ...
Summary: 3 Stars
This is an entertaining story, but at times a little confused...
Few of the flying sequences are new but any flying sequence involving the Mosquito are never boring.