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Sunday, February 11, 2007

Retreat hell 1952

Starring: Frank Lovejoy

Adventures of a marine unit in the Korean war.

A standard war film, but one which focuses on the Marines feelings & insecurities as well as the action. For this to work, you have to care about the characters. The Commander grows on you & the captain comes through, but the undoubted star is the young McDermott who gives a lovely nieve performance. There's lots of action & explosion and although it's a bit dated and cheesily patriotic at the end, it's not at all bad. 6/10

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