Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Flyboys
It’s “Top Gun” meets “Dawn Patrol” meets “All Quiet on the Western Front” as misfit Americans volunteer to be fighter pilots for the French during WWI. It’s also shades of “Star Wars” as a young cowboy (James Franco) travels to a distant land where he trains and eventually becomes the leader of a squadron of fighter pilots against the enemy’s massive weapon, the Zeppelin. He has a mentor with a hairy friend and a nemesis called the Black Falcon. Add in a little pointless romance for the damsel in distress. The spectacular aerial dogfights are the best parts of the film.
Alien gives it 2 ½ “Viva Le Lafayette Escadrille” stars out of 4.
It’s “Top Gun” meets “Dawn Patrol” meets “All Quiet on the Western Front” as misfit Americans volunteer to be fighter pilots for the French during WWI. It’s also shades of “Star Wars” as a young cowboy (James Franco) travels to a distant land where he trains and eventually becomes the leader of a squadron of fighter pilots against the enemy’s massive weapon, the Zeppelin. He has a mentor with a hairy friend and a nemesis called the Black Falcon. Add in a little pointless romance for the damsel in distress. The spectacular aerial dogfights are the best parts of the film.
Alien gives it 2 ½ “Viva Le Lafayette Escadrille” stars out of 4.
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