August 26, 2009 – 1:59 am
With Tarantino’s Basterds currently carving up critical opinion in the style of 1940s Berlin, we figured it was a perfect excuse to crack open the beers and watch a few two-fisted, boy’s own adventure WWII flicks. It’s all very well going on about Rambo and Arnie in Predator, but when it comes to kicking goose-stepping Nazi ass, you need a different calibre of hero entirely.
Join us as STS dons it’s goggles and fleece-lined RAF jacket, pops a pipe in it’s gob, and, in our very best BBC English, concocts some cockamamey mission to rescue Winston Churchill’s secret exploding cigars from a Bavarian castle. This type of who dares wins needs a very special set of protagonists, so join us as we bring you 6 of the best: Nazi Fighters!
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Tagged Allies, Axis, barnes Wallis, Clint Eastwood, Dambusters, Enemy at the gates, Hellboy, Hitler, Indiana Jones, Inglourious Basterds, Jude Law, Michael redgrave, Nazi, Ron Perlman, Tarantino, Top Secret!, Val Kilmer, War movies, Where eagles Dare, Winston Churchill, World War Two, WWII
After the disaster that was Indiana Jones And The Completely Unnecessary And Very Late Sequel That Pissed All Over The Previous Excellent Films And Even Made Shortround Look Cool, you would not expect Lucas and Spielberg to continue flogging an obviously decomposing horse. But flog it they will, as it seems there will be a fifth Indie movie.
LeBeouf, Ford and now producer Frank Marshell have dropped hints that the film will be in production very soon. He was recently quoted as saying
“Once we see (the script), we’ll see. We’re not going to wait another 20 years. We’d all love to make another one. I’m anxious to hear the idea!“
This is something I am not looking forward to. Not at all.
