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  Review by IronWatcher ★★★½

  Watched on Blu-Ray (borrowed)

  There are films that want to appeal to as wide an audience as possible, films for genre lovers and films that live their niche existence like a sheet of paper between two encyclopedias in a well-assorted video library.

  One of the latter is definitely "Battle of Britain". Half a century has passed since this work of art, which is likely to trigger euphoria in every person interested in contemporary, military or film history.

  Everyone knows this premise from the history books; after the battle for France was fought after only a few days and the Royal Air Force, which hastened to help its French allies, has also rushily fled, the brawny British prime minister Churchill declared…

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  Review by Demdike ★★★★

  "Never was so much owed by so many to so few"

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  Review by pirateneckbeard ★★★★

  This was actually a really good movie. Sorry to sound so surprised but sometimes war movies are exhausting in ways but I do enjoy a British war drama. I love it when a film especially a war one focuses in on one moment of it and really extrapolates on the details as they were and giving you a moment in time. The air battles looked really good really pulling you in for the time they were made and what a great cast. Not a lot of focus on one but many individuals but that didn't hinder nor confuse the story. Oh and what a great cast they got. I like that they also stayed away from having the use of…

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  Review by Jon Erik ★★★★½

  August Challenge with Mitch: The Sequel
  Prompt: Watch a film mentioned in the Top 10 aerial Dogfights cinefix video.

  Some of the best aerial scenes I've ever seen. The ending had me in tears. 👍👍

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  Review by RKO_Chester ★★★

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  A star-studded cast that is mostly wasted by not giving most of these stars any good dialogue or anything to do.

  Great beginning to this film and the best direction I think may have been done for the three and a half minute credit roll showing German army units.

  The STAR power then begins to make appearances in this epic-style film, but such was often underutilized: the lifeless romance of Christopher Plummer and Susannah York add almost nothing to this story. Curd Jürgens and Ralph Richardson are in this for 2 minutes. Trevor Howard was given very simple dialogue as he paced back and forth,…

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  Review by Luke Grima ★★★★

  The aerial fighting scenes elevates the thin background story during one of Britain's finest hours.

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  Review by Gillian Kaney ★★★

  6/10

  *very slight spoilers*

  I do like a war film and the actors involved meant that this was a must see but I was some what disappointed.

  The cast were great but I feel that because it was so vast the film lacked emotional impact. We didn't spend enough time with any of them to get attached.

  The only scenes that had an impact on me was when the bases were getting blown up and when Ian McShane was visiting home. Speaking of Ian McShane, I didn't recognise him at first. Young Ian = pretty handsome chappie.

  I was shocked by how old Trevor Howard looked in this. I think you get a certain image of someone in your head…

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  Review by talisencrw (William Wood) ★★★★

  Interesting cast goes a long way. Undervalued.

  Definitely worth a watch if you enjoy 60's cinema, and purchasing with re-watches if you like Sir Michael Caine or war films.

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  Review by Daniel Shillito ★★★★

  What General Weygand called the Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin.

  They were playing for time and it's run out. I've always felt that Battle of Britain's success lies with the fact it wants to portray the event and people as they were, no unnecessary melodrama, no over-elaborate characterisations, just people doing their duties and honestly it makes the film all the better for it.

  May 1940. The German army has overrun France and the British Royal Air Force is evacuating its aircraft and pilots. A squadron of Hawker Hurricanes is quickly refuelled and flown off ahead of the advancing Germans. Back in Britain, Air Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding recommends to Prime Minister…

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  Review by MABUSECAST ★★★★★

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  while the characters are pretty standard war movie fare ,the real star and main draw of the film are the great aerial combat scenes that still hold up remarkably well for the most part all these years later!
  A lot of great pyrotechnics, model work, and miniatures in this one as well!

  Has a fun cast of British character actors and some of the forces behind the early james bond films behind the scenes with the director and the producer!

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  Review by Iqbal Rizkyansa ★★★½

  Ada Michael Caine & Christopher Plummer jaman masih muda...

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  Review by mrbalihai ★★★★★ 1

  My pops served in the Atlantic Theater as a Torpedoman's Mate III Class during WWII, so the flyboy antics on display here don't personally resonate as much as they might, but this is still a damn fine film filled with astonishing dogfights and understated performances from some of the greatest British actors of all time, so it gets 5 stars from me.