Amazon.com video review:
Generally underrated by critics, this 1978 sequel to the
famous Guns of
Navarone finds a miscellaneous group of commandos and spies
trying to hinder the Nazis by destroying a bridge between them and the
partisans. The story (based on a novel by Alistair
MacLean) has nothing to do with the first film, but it is a
tightly woven and entertaining piece with sharp performances and
delightful character alliances. Director Guy Hamilton (Goldfinger) brings
his trademark eye for handsome vistas to the canvas as well, so this
is hardly the shoddy and dull knockoff many reviewers have previously
suggested. No classic, perhaps, but a lot of fun. --Tom Keogh
