Objective Burma [DVD] [1945] [2020]

good flim,i like the old black an white flims

One of my favourite ever war films Errol Flynn is a superb leader of his men and shows hi emotions when young Sid Jacobs is killed bt the Japanese.

There are many types of war film - the boys own adventure sort (such as Where Eagles Dare), the shockingly viscerally realistic (Saving Private Ryan), and attempts to dramatise real events (The Longest Day, A Bridge Too Far). Generally I like them all in one way or another, but what really gets my interest are films that show the human cost of war, films that show how ordinary people are forced by circumstance to extraordinary acts, and the effect it has upon them. Films such as Cruel Sea, Dawn Patrol, and this fine effort from Errol Flynn and director Raoul Walsh.Flynn plays Capt. Nelson, leader of a group of paratroopers sent into Burma to destroy a communications post. The mission is a success but the extraction point is overrun by Japanese and the soldiers are left to fight their way out of Burma on foot with constant harassment from the enemy. Loosely based on real events, it amalgamates parts of several well know missions including that of the Chindits.It's a grim and gruelling film at times. The action scenes are plentiful and well staged. Due to it being filmed during the war, using real weapons, uniforms and great attention to operational detail there is quite a feeling of realism about it. But what really comes across is the character study. The effect of the hopeless situation and the brutality meted out upon the men is examined, and portrayed by Flynn and co superbly. Flynn was so often forced by the studios to portray the invincible hero, fighting off the villain with one hand whilst grabbing the girl with the other. But every now and then he managed to get his hands on a role with some depth that gave him the opportunity to show just how good an actor he really was, and this is one of those occasions.Raoul Walsh, responsible for so many of my favourite films of the era (especially White Heat, James Cagney's defining performance) directs with a crisp efficiency, not overdoing the emotional stuff, not overplaying the action. It's a fine job. The flag waving ending is a little at odds with the feel of the film, but this was made during the war after all, and a happy ending was required as a morale booster.There was some controversy surrounding the film upon it's release in Britain, as it made it look as though the Americans had taken Burma, an not the British as happened in reality. This seems to have been the start of the trend for Hollywood to claim British actions as theirs. On this occasion however it was deemed such an insult that the film was not released in England until 1952.This 2003 Warner home video release is pretty decent, with a good picture and sound. In all an excellent film with lashings of reality, a great character study and a morale boosting flag waving ending. Classic, 5 stars.

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good watch

A very good story, and good actors

one of flynns better films plenty of actionthe original band of brothersbased on merrils maurauders who were in the burma theatreprobably the only film of american airbornetroops in the pacific theatre all others european.

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