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There is little better than watching an everyday guy defy the odds and kick ass quite like Hutch does. Christopher Lloyd was great as ever and the action scenes, set to a banging soundtrack, were very satisfying to watch. Particular favourite moment was the car chase set to Heartbreaker. Top class 👌
It was kind of like a cross between Death Wish and The A-Team with an archetypical Spielberg hero at its core, and it was bloody great!
Upgraded to 4 stars as this movie actually gets better the more you watch it. My original criticism still stands but the positives far outweigh the negatives and kudos to the film makers for being daring enough to be different 👌
If anyone wants to read my short Closet Monster fanfic and find out what happened to Oscar after he left for Fogo you can read it here
archiveofourown.org/works/63932428/chapters/163980745
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This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I just watched this fully for the first time and wanted to address a few things I picked up on. Including the GAY issue which seems to have heavily divided reviewers.
Firstly, I thought the movie was amazing. Tender, moving, and thought provoking in its portrayal of the Napola system and how it was used to indoctrinate Nazi ideology into its students, shaping them into the future "elite" of the thousand-year reich while shielding them from the reality of how…
First time watching the full length version made for US tv. Not a bad effort at all for a made for TV movie. I think this version works better than the trimmed down version but is a little slow in places.