A British war film directed by Walter Grauman, starring Cliff Robertson.
A group of pilots must bomb an enemy rocket fuel factory.
I'm glad this was about pilots and planes because I didn't give a flying fuck about it. The plot was predictable and characters stereotypical. It was the first widescreen Panavision film, so it looked great. One thing that I noticed was a man with a very fake hook hand and some terrible compositing. When the pilots were flying, the view through the cockpit cover windows was composited poorly, but when the enemy guns were shown firing at them, it was composited extremely unconvincingly (image). I rate this polished turd poor. I could see and hear what was going on and it had a plot that I could follow. However, what was going on made me wish it were not. You probably should not watch it.
An American action film directed by John Carpenter, starring Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi, Peter Fonda, Cliff Robertson and Pam Grier.
In a further dystopian future, Los Angeles has detached from North America in a earthquake and become a deportation zone for criminals. The president's daughter has stolen military technology and is hiding there. The same famous criminal is sent in to retrieve this technology and kill her.
This was better than Escape from New York. I think that better technology and the updated all-star cast led to a better film. There was lots and lots of compositing and visual effects usage. From the earthquake intro to the surfing scene, someone had fun making this. The plot and characters were much clearer this time and the video style was not as dark. It was still dark, but better cameras helped to achieve correct exposure and maintain detail. The pacing was very fast all the way through. I'll rate this adequate. If you like action films, this would be one to watch.
