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Eagles Over London

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We Italian film fanatics can all thank Quinten Tarantino and his new Film "Inglourious Basterds" for companies finally releasing some high quality "Macaroni Combat" films on DVD. First we Got Wild East's release of "Churchill's Leopards" & "Salt in the Wound" double feature, then we got Dark Sky's release of "The Last Hunter". FINALLY we got Severin's release of "The Inglorious Bastards". Now Severin graciously releases yet another "Macaroni Combat" classic with "Eagles Over London".

Directed by perhaps Italy's best action director Enzo G. Castillari, "Eagles Over London" came very early on in the "Macaroni Combat" cycle being released in 1969. Right off the bat people are going to compare this film to his nine year later classic "Inglorious Bastards" and I will admit this film isn't as over-the-top or as fun as that film. It however is a very entertaining Italian cult flick.

The film surprisingly has very strong production values for an Italian film at the time. Most Italian films have very low budgets but this seems to be an exception. It comes nowhere near the look of big budget Hollywood WWII films at the time, and people shouldn't expect it to be, but for an Italian film this is pretty big and epic.

The plot is standard with British military officers a in pursuit of a merciless team of Nazi saboteurs though war-ravaged London. Throughout it all there is plenty of violence and cool camera work to appease all the Euro cult fanatics out there. The aerial combat sequences do look fake but then again it really looks no worse than Britain's 1969 big budget epic The Battle of Britain.

Overall I found this to be a very entertaining Euro cult film by one of Italy's great directors. Some of the dubbing is unintentionally funny but we fans come to expect that. People who can only watch high budget Hollywood WWII epics are most likely going to hate this film but this DVD is a must buy for Euro cult enthusiasts.

Severin does another A+ job with this DVD release. We get a great widescreen transfer and another interview with Enzo and Quinten.

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I had a good experience with this purchase , It came in a timely manner and the quality was good .Thanks again Bill

If you like italian comedy, then this is the movie for you.
I love WWII movies, and I have a pretty big collection of them. This move is just not right. waste of money.

I gave it one star only because I had to. An Italian spaghetti director, British generals with, yep, Italian accents, histrionic battle choreography, model bridges being blown up, rocket and shell strikes so fake you can actually see the flour explode, out of sync audio, great views of Italian, strike that, British country vistas, bright red (sure) "British" convertibles, a bridge visible in the English Channel at "Dunkirk" and, believe it or not, even worse acting. Script? Written by 4th grade Italian immigrants.

Just shake your head and enjoy - or not.

I have been a fan of WW2 movies all my life. This movie should have been bombed in the "BLITZ". It is truly terrible. From the poorly written story line, through the inept acting, misbegotten editing, cheap cinematography and cheap set dressing, and oh, did I mention one of the five WORST WW2 movies of all time. Wait for the "INGLORIOUS BASTERDS", that's a REAL MOVIE!!!!

I saw this movie when I was pre-teen and it seemed to be well made movie and I did like it.. I am waiting for the movie to arrive from Amazon so I can give a better review. Enjoy. :)