Wednesday, 10 December 2014

All star, no quality

Breakthrough (19179)

Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen this sequel to Cross of Iron (1977) stars Richard Burton, Robert Mitchum, Rod Steiger and Curd Jurgens. A German sergeant and his unit are transferred to France ahead of the allied invasion.

Despite having a solid cast this is a low quality sequel that wants to trade on star power alone. The plot is some fairly basic stuff that involves the July 7th plot and the clash between average soldiers and fanatics in the German army. Production value is pretty low here and it is hard to find much to recommend this film on.


2/5

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