Age of Heroes

Well I love Sean Bean and follow him since Stormy Monday through Sharpes epic. I am also happy to see Miko (she's not much appreciated where I live. But regardless of those two this movie is so mediocre.

Acting is OK - if you won't laugh seeing Sean is waving dagger instead of sword. Shots are alright but don't expect to see 40s London or anything (low budget). Effects are... Yes there are some effects in this movie, not too many though, and mostly 2d.

What is totally awkward is the plot. Some strange training and preparations. Then endless shooting, evil Nazis doing snuff movies, shooting, explosions, more shooting, exploding Nazis. And then finale: quick as if they run out of tape (long walk to Sweden takes 5 secs). Some characters die obviously but we don't really know or see how.

To sum up: don't expect great entertainment. This movie is low budget or some kind of financial con. If you like shooting and explosions (or exploding Nazis) then rent it.

I set out watching this movie with minimal expectations given that many war stories typically revolve similar themes. The beginning of the movie all the way through to the mid sections surprised me with strong character plays and development from Sean Bean and the revolving cast. The story line while not new, managed to capture my attention with good acting and keeping the story on the go.

Unfortunately as it nears towards the end, the story seems to have been "chopped off" with a somewhat quick ending to a nicely built up story. I believe this could have been better done with a proper ending to the story.

Good acting though.

It's a solid action flick for sure - nothing terribly new, but it does good work with the WW2 formula that other war flicks have used before.

There is no one flaw I can point to in this film as my reason for giving it a 7, but quite honestly, the thought that stayed in my mind as I watched it was that this film while good, had the potential to be great.

It falls short. The acting and character development is intriguing, but lacks the depth of characters in films like Inglorious Basterds.

It has a fun story, but a little more detail could have may the commando training subplot as well as the rest of the movie so much more.

The beginning is great, but leaves many scenes to the imagination of the viewer. You almost have to wonder if the film was gutted in order to shorten the running time to its fairly short hour and a half.

Like I said, it's good - but it could have been great.

I don't understand all those negative comments. It's a simple ww2 movie about a commando team in the making. The actors are acting good, but it never intended to be a deep Shakespeare like prizewinning movie. As war movies go, it's quite entertaining. I wasn't bored. It isn't the best movie i've seen, but it's really worthwhile.

It immediately made me think about all the dirty dozen movies, but those are more "the A-team like", this movie is more serious. I've seen almost all ww2 movies (i collect them) and this isn't one to miss.

Do not take this it to seriously, and you'll love it, if you do, you might get bored, it isn't a typical Hollywood blockbuster....

The motion picture's opening title card reads: "France - May 1940" in Dunkirk , there takes place a sad retreat . This true story of the formation of Ian Fleming's 30 Commando unit, a precursor for the elite forces in the U.K. , as our protagonists undertake risked feats from the edge of defeat on the beaches of Dunkirk to the mountains of Norway on a perilous mission behind enemy lines . It is set in 1940 , it concerns about a misfit team led by Major Jones : Sean Bean is assigned by Ian Fleming : James D'Arcy to assemble an 8-men commando team to travel to Norway , as Sean Bean and his squad have to carry out a suicide mission in Norway . The leader forges them into a two-fisted fighting unit by training in the Scotland outdoors and leads them on a deadly assignment into Nazi territory . The powerful group is formed by Rains : Danny Dyer , Aksel Hennie : Steinar , William Houston : Mac , Brightling : Stephen Walters , Riley : Guy Burnet and with specialist Roger Rollright : John Dagleish . This is a story which takes our heroes into a deadly assignment , if successful, could modify the course of the war . They are parachuted in Norwegian landscapes to meet the agent Beowulf (Izabella Miko) and destroy the German Freyo Station and rob German state-of-the-art technology of Radio Direction Finding (RDF) in Operation Grendel that bears remarkable resemblance to the real-life "Bruneval Raid" which was officially also known as "Operation Biting".

This moving film packs frantic thrills, perilous adventures , relentless feats , and buck-loads of explosive action and violence. The noisy action is uniformly well-made, especially deserving of mention the rip-roaring final scenes on the snowy scenarios , including some spectacular shootouts and bombing . Based on the real-life events of Ian Fleming's 30 Commando during WWII , the first half of the film allows the colorful cast of character actors to have their fun as they get their tails whipped into shape and develop shaky relationship with their leader. The final part is all action, as the valiant commando wreck havoc and then run for their lives. Despite the fact that few of the "heroes" survive the bloodbath, the message here is that war is hell. Apart from the values of team spirit , cudgeled by Major Jones/Sean Bean into his brave group , the film is full of feats , intrigue , noisy acting , suspense , and thrills . The crew was supported by actual commandos, real British commandos, worked on this project. They helped and they played members of the SS. They were all ex-military men who have worked in Iraq and Afghanistan and have seen real action. They included every single detail in the finished edit. They educated them in the workings of warfare. This is is a wartime typical vehicle and into the ¨warlike commando sub-genre¨ , a theme very popular in the sixties , including classic titles , such as : Dirty Dozen (Robert Aldrich) , Navarone Guns (J. Lee Thompson) , Where eagles dare(Brian G. Hutton) , Kelly's heroes(Hutton ) , Tobruk (Arthur Hiller), Devil's Brigade (Andrew V McLagen) and many others . Sean Bean is good as leader of the motley pack together thwart the Nazi schemes, as well as the largely secondary cast with special mention for Aksel Hennie , Stephen Walters ,William Houston , Izabella Miko and James D'Arcy as Ian Fleming . Just prior to the Second World War, Ian Fleming "- well played by James D'Arcy- whose code-name was "17F, was recruited into British Naval Intelligence where he excelled, shortly achieving the rank of Commander. The name of the the real life military outfit that 007 creator fought for which is depicted in the film was the "30 Commando Unit" which was also known as the "30 Assault Unit" and informally also known as Ian Fleming's "Red Indians . When the war ended, Fleming retired to Jamaica where he built a house called "Goldeneye," took up writing full-time and created the character that would make him famous -- British Secret Service agent James Bond, in a novel called "Casino Royale."

It contains a thrilling and suspenseful musical score by Michael Plowman . As well as a colorful and evocative cinematography by Mark Hamilton . Being filmed on location in Ålgård, Rogaland, Vågslid, Telemark, Norway , Haukeliseter, Telemark, Norway ,Gravesend Civil Defence Bunker - Woodlands Park, Gravesend, Kent, England, Connaught Barracks, Dover, Kent, Pluckley, Kent, England, UK . The motion picture was professionally directed by Adrian Victoria , an usual director/writer of TV episodes as The Bill , Crossing the Line , Casualty , Driven and ocassionally for cinema as Capital Punishment , The crew and this Age of heroes . Rating : 6/10 . Acceptable and passable Warlike movie .