Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
Serial Bond director Guy Hamilton helms this sequel to The Guns of Navarone (1961) with an entirely new cast that includes Robert Shaw, Edward Fox, Harrison Ford, Barbara Bach and Carl Weathers. Having recovered from their previous mission Mallory and Miller are sent to kill a double agent in Yugoslavia with an American team that plans to blow up a bridge.
Coming 17 years later and with a completely new team behind the film it is hard to really look at this as a sequel especially as the only two remaining characters are not even really consistent with the original film portrayals either. As a WW2 action film this film works pretty well, the special effects work holds up and achieves some pretty good results while the plot has the usual twists and turns of a MacLean inspired film. Where the film falls down is that it lacks the real depth and serious nature of the original instead relying on light comedic elements to get by.
3/5
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