RyothChatty ridiculous rating

Flyerplesys Perfectly adorable

Mischa Redfern I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

rooskydog If you are looking for an accurate and gripping war film then this probably wont be the film for you.But if your looking for a drama filled,exiting film then this is the film for you. it is about a couple of undercover Germans who get to England from Dunkirk disguised as British solders.Their mission is to infiltrate and sabotage British radars which are detecting German aircraft and stopping them from attacking England. the German agents get found out and stopped by an English commander who befriended one of the German agents.The plot is not the reason why this film is so weird it is the combat and the way it is all displayed making it so bad. it begins with some British soldiers defending a position which is attacked by German tanks which are quite clearly not from world war 2 later on in the film there are dog fights between messerschmitt and spitfires (fighters) but the actual planes that are used were messerschmitts as spitfires and spitfires as messerschmitts making it very confusing and not very accurate. the fighting and the special effects are not that good either. i found this film very disappointing i am very fond of war films but i wont recommend this war film

TankGuy It's May 1940. France has surrendered to Nazi Germany and the battle scarred British are retreating from Dunkirk. However, in the midst of this chaos a crack Nazi spy unit made up of English speaking Germans wearing British uniforms is worming its way into the ranks of the British army. These imposters make their way to England with the rest of the evacuation fleet. They have one objective, destroy all radar installations along the English coast prior to a planned invasion by Germany. As the battle of Britain commences, it is up to Captain Stevens to root out and stop the saboteurs before Britain is crippled at the mercy of the Luftwaffe! I thoroughly enjoyed this Macaroni combat flick from one of Italy's finest, Enzo G. Castellari. Those of you who are familiar with the spaghetti western and Eurocrime genres will know that Castellari is a master of the action movie and it is evident that much of today's action filmmakers have learnt a lot from him. Eagles Over London gets off to an enthralling start with the explosive ambush of a German tank column, the murder of British troops and the strafing of the Dunkirk beaches by German planes. After this there is a lull in the action and the middle of the movie is very hollow to say the least before we get an exciting firefight as one of the radar stations is partly destroyed. Towards the climax there are a couple of suspenseful dogfights and another exciting attack on a radar base in which the bogus troops are thwarted. As per usual I was thrilled by the special effects and stunts throughout the film and there is a sturdy number of kills. The stuntmen flail, flip and hit the ground in a way that is rarely seen outside of Italian cinema. Then we have the typical European cinematography(the quick zooms and dizzying pans)which always add a special touch to these movies. Castellari uses the split screen technique to fantastic effect during the air battles. This provides the film with a kind of novelty value. I was taken aback by how professionally Castellari utilised the split screen method and I also thought that the inclusion of stock footage from the real battle of Britain was a fine touch. On one side of the screen we have stock footage and on the other you see the Spitfires and Messerschmitts firing at each other, it's pretty impressive. There is also a scene which is a blatant rip-off of the kissing sequence between Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway in The Thomas Crown Affair. A male and female character embrace as the camera performs a repeated 360 degree pan around them.The film is given a rousing score by Francesco Di Masi and the acting was also satisfactory. Frederick Stafford made a great hero in Captain Stevens and an excellently villainous Luigi Pistilli was a robust adversary. Hollywood star Van Johnson, complete with American accent, seemed happy to collect a paycheck as an RAF commander. Look out for a cameo from spaghetti western bad guy Eduardo Fajardo as a German officer and a decent turn by Jacques Berthier as Colonel Smith.Eagles Over London is a cracking yarn directed with skill by Enzo G. Castellari. The middle section is rather dull but the film is bookended by a series of riveting and well executed action scenes. 8/10.

dbborroughs Using the chaos of the Dunkirk evacuation as a cover, several German agents take on the identities of English soldiers in order to gain access to England and take out the radar installations. One Captain aware of the ruse has to track the men down and stop them before the Germans can bomb England into surrendering.Good, if a bit long, spy story set in London. there are several action set pieces that are quite good, though they suffer a great deal in pan and scan because of the use of multiple images. (Oh how this film cries out for a good letterbox edition.) This is the sort of film that grabs you from the first couple of moments and then drags you along at its conclusion. I really liked this and probably should have rated it higher than 6 but I think the viewing experience was really hindered by a lack of widescreen.Worth searching out, especially if you can find a wide screen copy.

bobster66 The story starts off at the Battle of Dunkerque as a German Unit infiltrates British lines and joins the evacuation to England for the purpose of conducting covert operations. As the Battle of Britain commences the Germans focus on disabling the new British Radar stations.As an old Italian movie it was filmed without sound and voice-overs were added later just like a Spaghetti Western. Filmed as a wide-screen movie the pan and scan job to fit a TV screen is poorly done. But that is not the worst of it. There are several split screen periods in the movie with up to four different pictures at once and to refit for a 4:3 aspect ratio the editors just cut out the edges of the film, essentially cutting some of the multiple views in half. Very sloppy.The acting and directing is dull if serviceable but the script and editing (not just the editing for TV) is weak. The casting deserves special mention as laughable. I like Van Johnson, but a British Air Marshall? And the very Mediterranean looking Germans are a hoot!For World War Two history buffs you may enjoy the scenes of the beaches of Dunkerque as I can't recall ever seeing it represented in a movie before. Unfortunately, the scenes of the air battles later in the movie will make you cringe.This movie may have some curiosity value for those of us who love war movies but others will probably be disappointed. I gave it 4 out of 10.Bob