Amazon.com: Generally underrated by critics, this 1978 sequel to the famous Guns of Navarone finds a miscellaneous group of commandos and spies trying to hinder the Nazis by destroying a bridge between them and the partisans. The story (based on a novel by Alistair MacLean) has nothing to do with the first film, but it is a tightly woven and entertaining piece with sharp performances and delightful character alliances. Director Guy Hamilton (Goldfinger) brings his trademark eye for handsome vistas to the canvas as well, so this is hardly the shoddy and dull knockoff many reviewers have previously suggested. No classic, perhaps, but a lot of fun. --Tom Keogh
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Rating: - Force 10 Remastered
I had seen the original release from 1978 on VHS tape from my library. One day I was at Wal-mart and saw it in the $5.00 bin, so I bought it. Finally I coulkd enjoy a digitally remastered version of the film instead of a grany VHS. I was also suprised and happy to find that the remastered version cut out some of Walters (Carl Weathers) dumb lines. Like the part where they ate placing explosives down on the road and the kinda look like dog crap and Walters says something to the extent of: " I thought you were supposed to pick up dog crap, not spread it around" and after the explosives blow he said ... Read More
Rating: - Force 10 From Navorone
Nice follow on fron The Guns of Navarone. Good choice of actors to replace Gregory Peck & David Niven.The inclusion of Harison Ford was a ++.Good action movie.
Rating: - Not quite original, not quite a sequel....
1978's "Force 10 From Navarone" is based on the novel of the same name by famed storyteller Alistair MacLean, who wrote it as a sequel to his superb best-selling novel, "The Guns of Navarone", which had been made into a 1961 Academy Award-winning movie by Director Carl Foreman.
"Force 10 From Navarone" is a perfectly adequate action movie with a better than average cast headed by Robert Shaw and Harrison Ford, as directed by Guy Hamilton, a veteran of the James Bond movies. Its title, unfortunately, invites unequal comparisons with the earlier novels and movie.
Rating: - Better than I remember it!
You know, when I first saw this movie many years ago, I was so disappointed - it was such a lame exercise in low quality film making after the superb Guns of Navarone.
However, watching it now, and trying to divorce it from any connection with the original, it really is a much better film than I gave it credit for.
The most obvious difference is that this restored version really does change the whole quality of the transfer, making the scenery stand out the way it should. The widescreen presentation really makes a huge difference over the pan and scan TV version.
But the whole `boys ... Read More
Rating: - Terrible Movie
It's hard to believe that great actors like Harrison Ford & Robert Shaw can't save this terrible movie ! One of the worst ever made !
If you want to see a great war film buy "The Guns of Navarone" !!!
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