GurlyIamBeach Instant Favorite.

Kodie Bird True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Patience Watson One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

Leoni Haney Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

AaronCapenBanner Robert Aldrich, who had done a fine job with other WWII films "The Flight Of The Phoenix" & "The Dirty Dozen" returns to the period with another success, the story of a American Soldier(played by Cliff Robertson) who is reluctantly transferred from a secure base, to a British unit, where they are sent to a Pacific Japanese held island, occupied by both allied and imperial forces. Their mission is to go into enemy territory to destroy a Japanese Radio outpost, but Robertson proves to be a most reluctant hero, much to the consternation of his unit, led by Michael Caine(fine performance once again) among other cast members including Ian Bannen & Harry Andrews.Nicely realized film creates an authentic period feel, especially the claustrophobic danger from the jungle, where enemy soldiers lurk. Builds to a memorable and fitting end, where the surviving men find redemption and escape, in this well done war story.

harrycurrie-795-956422 This film is movie fiction of the lowest order. Who are these ragtag British soldiers? Certainly not escapees from Singapore as one of them stated. Singapore fell when the whole garrison surrendered, many KIA, out of food, water and ammunition, and there was no Dunkirk. Lt.j.g. Lawson (Robertson) speaks to a naval Captain (Fonda) with first-name disrespect? Give me a break. The script writers knew nothing about tactics, jungle patrols or the British Army. These were not conscripts, but regulars, and their insubordinate behavior was probably more like the US troops in Vietnam. Wearing balmorals and forage hats in a war zone? Not a chance. Weapons? The Brits had Lee Enfield .303s, Bren and Sten guns as personal arms, in TLTH they all seem to have M16s, an American automatic rifle not available till the 1960s. That out-of-range British line was so ridiculous it was funny, and the ad line "They could save thousands or themselves" gives you the impression that they were going to be noble heroes, when in truth they didn't accomplish either one. Despite the hackneyed script the actors did remarkably well. Director Aldrich was petty not to allow Cliff Robertson time enough away to attend the Academy Awards ceremony to collect his Oscar for Charly.

Claudio Carvalho In the spring of 1942, in Southwest Pacific, Captain John G. Nolan (Henry Fonda) postpones the leave of the volunteer Lieutenant Sam Lawson (Cliff Robertson) and gives an assignment in New Hebrides Island with the British troops based on the required profile – fluency in Japanese and good shape. When Lt. Lawson arrives in the base, the commander explains that the island is divided in the British and Japanese sectors and he should go with a group of soldiers behind the Japanese lines to destroy their radio and transmit a false message to the Japanese forces. Captain Hornsby (Denholm Elliott) is assigned to lead the group, but during the tense mission, he has friction with Private Tosh Hearne (Michael Caine). When things go wrong, the soldiers have to fight to survive while exposing their weakness in character."Too Late the Hero" is a realistic and original war movie with human and cynical characters in the jungle of an island in Pacific. Michael Caine plays a rude and insubordinate cockney soldier that is only interested in surviving. Most of the soldiers are cowards that fight only to save their lives and not for patriotism or idealism. The hero of the title is actually an anti-hero that redeems himself in the end. The dialogs are cynical and Tosh has the best lines, like for example, when he proposes to Lawson to go North; or when he talks about the hole where he lives in his hometown in a total lack of perspective. My only remark is the long running time that could be a little shorter. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Assim Nascem os Heróis" ("This Way the Heroes Are Born")

edwagreen As one who could speak Japanese, Cliff Robertson thought that he could ride out World War 11 sunning himself on a beach. His sunning ends when he is called to go on a dangerous mission to the New Hebrides. There he will encounter danger that he never imagined along with a British crew at each other's throat.The goal was to knock out a Japanese transmitter. This is done but the rest of the film becomes a cat and mouse game as Robertson and Michael Caine try to make it back to their base. The cat and mouse game is played with a Japanese official who speaks to them via a loudspeaker urging them to give up. The exciting ending is one that is rather routine though very difficult.The real acting kudos go to Denholm Elliot in a supporting role as one of the British lead soldiers.Interesting but rather routine warfare.