The Sea Wolves (1980)
From the same team that made The Wild Geese (1978) this war film stars Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven, Trevor Howard, Barbara Kellerman and Patrick Macnee. An ageing group of soldiers look to do their part in WW2.
The plot for this film may seem fairly unrealistic but it is based on real events of a British attack on a German ship in a neutral harbour during WW2. Despite the large and interesting cast this film has a number of problems and those mostly stem from the script which takes far too long to get going, offers little in the way of personality and generally wastes the talent available. There seems to be a lot of pandering to perceived audience expectations as Roger Moore's character for example is nothing more than a second rate James Bond.
2/5
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