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Eye of the Needle
»rank: 10806
0ur opinion: essential video:Eye of the Needle is a superbly effective World War ll spy thriller from the Ken Follett bestseller of the same name. Donald Sutherland is 'the Needle,' a German spy in England bearing critical information on Allied invasion plans that he must deliver personally to the Führer. He's so named because of his preferred method of assassination, the stiletto. As played by Sutherland, he's a coldly calculating psychopath, emotionlessly focused ...
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Eye of the Needle
»rank: 11864
0ur opinion: essential video:Eye of the Needle is a superbly effective World War ll spy thriller from the Ken Follett bestseller of the same name. Donald Sutherland is 'the Needle,' a German spy in England bearing critical information on Allied invasion plans that he must deliver personally to the Führer. He's so named because of his preferred method of assassination, the stiletto. As played by Sutherland, he's a coldly calculating psychopath, emotionlessly focused ...
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Zulu Dawn
»rank: 3915
0ur opinion: :Cy Endfield co-wrote the epic prequel Zulu Dawn 15 years after his enormously popular Zulu. Set in 1879, this film depicts the catastrophic Battle of lsandhlwana, which remains the worst defeat of the British army by natives, with the British contingent outnumbered 16-to-1 by the Zulu tribesmen. The film's opinion of events is made immediately clear in its title sequence: ebullient African village life presided over by King Cetshwayo is contrasted with ...
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Kane & Abel
»rank: 5714
0ur opinion: :Cy Endfield co-wrote the epic prequel Zulu Dawn 15 years after his enormously popular Zulu. Set in 1879, this film depicts the catastrophic Battle of lsandhlwana, which remains the worst defeat of the British army by natives, with the British contingent outnumbered 16-to-1 by the Zulu tribesmen. The film's opinion of events is made immediately clear in its title sequence: ebullient African village life presided over by King Cetshwayo is contrasted with ...
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Iron Eagle 3: Aces
»rank: 18261
0ur opinion:Description:Flying aces try to free a Peruvian village held hostage by a Latin American drug cartel.
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Jenny's War
»rank: 5505
0ur opinion:Description:Flying aces try to free a Peruvian village held hostage by a Latin American drug cartel.
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Three Men & A Little Lady
»rank: 16926
0ur opinion:Description:Flying aces try to free a Peruvian village held hostage by a Latin American drug cartel.
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Zulu Dawn
»rank: 14872
0ur opinion: :Cy Endfield co-wrote the epic prequel Zulu Dawn 15 years after his enormously popular Zulu. Set in 1879, this film depicts the catastrophic Battle of lsandhlwana, which remains the worst defeat of the British army by natives, with the British contingent outnumbered 16-to-1 by the Zulu tribesmen. The film's opinion of events is made immediately clear in its title sequence: ebullient African village life presided over by King Cetshwayo is contrasted with ...
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A Knight's Tale
»rank: 6212
0ur opinion: :There's no rule against rock anthems from the 197Os in the soundtrack for a movie about a medieval jousting champion, but if you're going to attempt such jarring anachronisms, you'd better establish acceptable ground rules. Writer-director Brian Helgeland does precisely that in A Knight's Tale and pulls off this trick with such giddy aplomb that you can't help but play along. (Upon witnessing a crowd of peasants at a jousting match, singing ...
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Contaminated Man
»rank: 33511
0ur opinion: :There's no rule against rock anthems from the 197Os in the soundtrack for a movie about a medieval jousting champion, but if you're going to attempt such jarring anachronisms, you'd better establish acceptable ground rules. Writer-director Brian Helgeland does precisely that in A Knight's Tale and pulls off this trick with such giddy aplomb that you can't help but play along. (Upon witnessing a crowd of peasants at a jousting match, singing ...
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