This is a bit of an odd film. Despite having a slightly thin plot that lacks logic, it just about gets away with it thanks to its quality cast including an up and coming pre Indiana Jones Harrison Ford.

It's worth a watch on a rainy afternoon and whilst it lacks the depth and heart of the classic war movies of the 50s and 60s, it's got enough action and energy to keep your attention. Not as bad as many here make out but not up there with the best either.

Oddly enough I have never actually gotten around to watching the 1978 war movie "Force 10 from Navarone". Why? Well, I guess because the title never really caught my fancy, or because it is war movie from 1978.

But I was offered a chance to sit down and watch a remastered version of the 1978 movie, and of course I took the chance and time to do so. Especially as I saw that the movie was starring none other than Robert Shaw and Harrison Ford.

Turns out that this was actually a good war movie, with a combination of interesting storyline, action and some good old fashioned double-crossing. So yeah, I was entertained by what writers Alistair MacLean, Robin Chapman and Carl Foreman had managed to put together with Guy Hamilton at the director's chair.

The movie also had some good appearances from the likes of Carl Weathers, Michael Byrne and Richard Kiel.

One thing I really liked about the movie was the fact that people were speaking their native and respective languages. There is nothing more cringeworthy than watching German soldiers in World War II movies speak English with a thick, fake German-imitated accent.

I had actually been missing out on a good and entertaining World War II movie with "Force 10 from Navarone", shame on me. And I must say that it was really nice to see Shaw and Ford in the leads in a movie such as this, and they carried the movie quite well.

My rating of "Force 10 from Navarone" is a six out of ten stars.

This is a pretty solid World War II movie, a belated followup to the very successful (and, yes, better) "The Guns Of Navarone." This time a force, mostly British soldiers but led by a young American colonel (Harrison Ford) is sent over to Yugoslavia to blow up a bridge the Nazis use. In addition, two other Brits (Robert Shaw and Edward Fox) go along on another assignment to kill a double agent. Well, half of the team is shot down before they even reach their destination as their airplane is crippled. They are killed in air-fire or upon landing on the ground. That leaves just a small group, the above-mentioned stars of the movie plus an addition, Carl Weathers (of "Rocky" fame) picked up on the ground, and the double-agent (well-played by Franco Nero) who is assigned to go with them after he is "cleared" of charges.

Anway, this re-assembled team goes on to complete their mission, or at least attempt to and are thwarted numerous times by sabotage. I won't give away the ending.

Overall, a good story and definitely worth a rental and possibly a purchase. The DVD transfer was a bit grainy at first but got better as the film went along.....as the story did.