The Desert Rats
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Movie Reviews of The Desert Rats
Movie Review: Desert Heroes
Summary: 3 Stars
If you enjoy WWII movies you certainly want to catch this one with Richard Burton and James Mason. The cast, sets, and music are great. It is true classic WWII movie. Even if you aren't a war movie fan if you enjoy documentaries about the war you will enjoy this well told story of the battle for Tobruk. I was never a big fan of Burton's but I think he did a good job in this movie and "Where Eagles Dare".Movie Review: The Desert Rats
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a fine WWII drama with plenty of action. Mason and Burton's acting is surpurb. Burton is the British commando who becomes obsessed with stopping Rommel in north Africa. Mason plays the role of Rommel as if he was made for it. This is based on the true account of the British army prevailing over overwhelming odds at a high cost. WWII buffs will like this film.
The Movie Nut in Idaho
Movie Review: Stictly run-of-the-mill.
Summary: 2 Stars
This is just an average black & white war yarn concerning the defense of the fortress of Tobruk by a limited number of soldiers against the mechanized force of Rommel.
If the writers of the script would have concentrated wholly on this enterprise, they most likely would have created an exciting, intriguing as well as thoroughly engrossing film. Instead they threw a monkey-wrench into the works by way of adding a completely uncomplementing and utterly useless sub-plot having to do with the drunken cowardice of Captain McRobert's (Richard Burton) former school teacher (Robert Newton), who is now one of McRobert's soldiers.
As a result, we find ourselves taken away from the battle at hand too many times, and forced to watch and listen to this irrelevant hogwash. Much too much film time is wasted here.
Also, although Twentieth Century Fox's transfers to DVD are virtually flawless in most cases, this is not one of them. The picture is a bit grainy, and the soundtrack is rather on the tinty side.