The Guns of Navarone
Taste attributes: actionwarhistoricaladventuredramatried & testedunsavouryheavyrealisticlineargrittybig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy
"The Greatest High Adventure Ever Filmed!"
Boxlist takeA sweeping war film that is grounded, serious and moving. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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What lines up
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
- Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original
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Synopsis
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Action
- Year
- 1961
- Runtime
- 158 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Highroad Productions
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
