This's a fun, old thread for me to revisit, especially with
Sisu releasing in a few days in England.
My favourite war film, which feels like a Western...
Dark of the Sun /
The Mercenaries(UK) Directed by Jack Cardiff, starring Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Peter Carsten and Jim Brown, from 1968. Brutally violent, epic in scale.
A Republik of Mancunia double bill for war films...
Escape to Victory &
Két félidő a Pokolban The British of the two, directed by John Huston, starring Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone and Pelé. I'll dub these two a "Football defeats fascist regimes!"
double bill. Escape to Victory is a british remake of the Hungarian original, both are fantastic, but seeing the English legend Caine in Victory is a lovely addition.
Minnesota Clay(directed by Sergio Corbucci)
The most refined, straight forwards, no messing western under the Sun, if you ask me. You want the best Western? The Good the Bad and the Ugly, but if you want
the Western Genre Experience, I think Minnesota Clay is the perfect American Western meets Spaghetti Western movie.
"Go Tell The Spartans"(directed by Ted Post)
Ted Post's magnum opus is a particularly mature film which feels like a satire. This Vietnam War Film stands on its performances and characters, there's many
better Vietnam war movies... but I particularly like this one, especially considering its 'sister film'
Ulzana's Raid, which has a near identical plot and equally enjoyable characters.
My favourite, most unique war film is a rather tame one...
The Americanization of Emily, written by Paddy Chayefsky feels like a spiritual predecessor to
A Few Good Men, but with far more
culture-philosophy-character exploration. This film is a phenomenal experience for me, but I don't know if there is any true
war scenes within it.
There're others like
Dunkirk,
Tora! Tora! Tora!,
Verboten!,
Apocalypse Now, the list can go on and on and on...
Guns of Navarone! I'm going to send the reply before this list becomes redundant.
My final list:
Dark of the Sun/
The Mercenaries,
Két Félidő a Pokolban,
Minnesota Clay,
"Go Tell the Spartans" &
The Americanization of Emily.
