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Iron Cross: The Road to Normandy (2022)
Lots of WW2 armour and aircraft
The negatives of this movie are well documented by previous reviewers (poor acting, no storyline, looks like a re-enactment society, clean uniforms, dodgy special effects, lack of tension/fear etc.) so I won't dwell on this.
However, like everything it also has it's plus points:
A) a massive amount of WW2 armour, field guns and aircraft appear in the film. Their hire budget must have been gigantic. A Tiger Tank (a very good replica, I believe, as there is only 1 running original -'Tiger 131' of Bovingdon) appears. Well worth watching to see all the different vehicles in action, which was excellent.
B) the movie picks up when it gets to the Normandy phase.
C) The American GI actors are good -believable and authentic feel
D) The massive battle scenes are worth watching for the spectacle
E) It's filmed on location i.e. In original German concrete bunkers, and with the massive Leopold cannon
F) the pilots are utter legends. Crazy low flying. I don't believe that this is realistic (it was normally shallow diving attacks to strafe) , but great fun to watch in this film.
G) mass para drop from Dakotas was impressive
The film is not in the same league as major war films like 'Saving Private Ryan', but put that aside. I still enjoyed elements of it (particularly the vehicles and aircraft in action), and it was worth watching.