Raid on Entebbe
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Movie Reviews of Raid on Entebbe
Movie Review: "Raid On Entebbe"
Summary: 3 Stars
"Raid On Entebbe" is a five star which has become a three star because of the poor quality of the film transfer. Obviously, no one took the trouble to remaster it and it shows. One can scarcely see the people in some scenes, others are so dark that only outlines of persons remain. Even the overall "quality" of the image looks a bit like it's been tracked through someone's dust bin first. It's a crying shame because this is a beautifully acted, well directed, nicely photographed story of real events that holds up with time ... I ought to know, I worked on the film as an Assistant Director and saw it all first hand.Movie Review: Good guys vs. bad guys
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a pretty good DVD but it has "Made For TV" all over it. Much of it was heavily edited and the style of the time is definitely 1970s LA but still pretty good.
The Entebbe Raid was an incredible act of courage and audacity which saw the rescue of most of the Israelis who were singled out after an airliner was hijacked. The Israeli Defense Forces flew right into the heart of Africa, into the fiefdom of Idi Amin Dada, to get the hostages out.
Movie Review: Excellent movie, Bad DVD!
Summary: 3 Stars
I completely agree with the last reviewer in Feb-09.
All in all, Excellent movie! Bad DVD! It says it is digitally re-mastered, but it is still BAD DVD!
I will avoid all products of WHAM!USA in the future.
Movie Review: RAID ON ENTEBBE
Summary: 3 Stars
WRITTEN TO RELATE FACTS OF THE INCIDENT AND THEREFORE LACKS SOME OF THE SMOOTH TRANSITIONS NORMALLY SEEN IN THIS TYPE OF MOVIE. BEING MADE FOR TV ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS FAULT. STILL, A GOOD MOVIE FOR WHAT IT IS.Movie Review: Memorable scenes have been cut!
Summary: 2 Stars
This is a great movie depicting the events of the hijack of Air France flight 139 and Operation Thunderbolt (later named Operation Yonatan) accurately and in great detail. The movie keeps you on the edge of your seat and as the events unfold. I saw this movie on the History Channel, on Real to Reel hosted by Steve Gitland, and I enjoyed it so much that I went and bought the DVD here on Amazon. I received the 2007 remastered version distributed by WHAM!USA. The quality of the picture is poor on this disc, but my biggest disappointment is that there are a number of memorable scenes missing. There is at least one noticeable jump-cut in the film.
Some of the scenes that I saw on television but not on this DVD are as follows:
- The part where they took the passports away from the hostages.
- When Daniel Cooper's son is informed by a French airport official about the fate of his father's flight.
- An exchange between two hostages about trying to get into view of the television cameras during one of Idi Amin's visits.
- All the scenes showing the released non-Israeli hostages returning home.
- A catholic nun insisting on staying with the rest of the hostages.
All of these memorable scenes, that I was looking forward to seeing again, are GONE!
Although the raid itself seems largely intact but the scenes are so dark I had to rely on the memory of the TV version of the film to know what was happening. All in all, Excellent movie, Bad DVD! I will avoid all products of WHAM!USA in the future.