Force 10 From Navarone |  | Director: Guy Hamilton
Actors: Harrison Ford, Robert Shaw, Edward Fox, Franco Nero, Barbara Bach
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  73 reviews
Sales Rank: 7082
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 118 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: D908418D
ISBN: 0792844017
UPC: 027616841827
EAN: 9780792844013
ASIN: 0792844017
Theatrical Release Date: December 8, 1978
Release Date: March 28, 2000
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Product Description
Continues the story of the Navarone survivors, who must now find a spy and destroy a bridge to prevent the Nazis and Fascist Yugoslavian partisans from joining forces.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: PG
Release Date: 14-AUG-2001
Media Type: DVD
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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
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 An Oldie But A Goodie February 6, 2010
David (Houston, Texas, USA)
This movie has been around a long time but still does a great job of entertaining. This Blu-ray version does justice to the movie and makes for a great evening for the family.
I hadn't seen it for a long time and was interested in how young Harrison Ford looks in this movie; well I guess that's understandable as I sure looked younger about the time this movie was made.
If you like action war movies this one is a winner; I'm looking forward to the Blu-ray release of Guns of Navarone.
 FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE BLU RAY November 6, 2009
SOCRATES
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
VERY GOOD TRANSFER TO BLU RAY. EXCELLENT SELLING PRICE. DEFINETELY YOU GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH! EXCELLENT PICTURE ESPECIALLY THE BRIDGE AND THE DAM EXPLOSION SCENES.
Solid WWII Escapism September 28, 2009
Scott Rivers (Los Angeles, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Though Carl Foreman wrote the screen story, "Force 10 From Navarone" (1978) has little connection to Alistair MacLean's "The Guns of Navarone." It doesn't matter. 007 veteran Guy Hamilton directs this action-filled World War II adventure with efficiency and humor. Robert Shaw and Edward Fox take over the Gregory Peck and David Niven roles in memorable fashion - ably supported by co-stars Harrison Ford, Carl Weathers and Barbara Bach. Composer Ron Goodwin ("Where Eagles Dare") provides a typically rousing score. "Force 10 From Navarone" received a bad rap from critics, yet holds up nicely when seen today. The double-sided DVD features the superior 125-minute European version in widescreen format.
 The Film Harrison Ford Forgot September 12, 2009
D. Nuce (Chihuahua, Mexico)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Force Ten from Nowhere
Summary
Keith Mallory (Robert Shaw) and Dusty Miller (Edward Fox) are called on to perform another dangerous mission, this time in Yugoslavia with the aid of a headstrong colonel (Harrison Ford, fresh off of Star Wars). With this trio, action and suspense are sure to follow.
Violence
Fairly non-intense, but very lethal violence is shown through-out the film. Multiple shootings (mostly without blood), a violent knife fight, and the decapitation of an obvious dummy are all present in this film. Many explosions and a few scattered fist fights finish the tally.
Sexual Content
THERE IS NUDITY IN THIS FILM! About half-way though, Barbara Bach is shown topless (briefly) while taking a bath. Her back and most of her legs are also visible during this scene. She covers herself with a towel fairly quickly, but the damage is done. The context of the scene is that she is living with a German officer who watches her the entire scene without shame.
Language
Strong. Both variations of the B-word are used multiple times. Scattered S-words and multiple d-words and h-words. Approximately sixty profanities.
Now that Harrison Ford is an icon, his films have taken on an almost legendary status. This film, however, is probably one he would like to forget. Labeled a sequel to the classic Guns of Navarone, the two films have little common ground. Alistair MacLean did not write the screenplay for this film, so it strays wildly from the book. If this had been to the benefit on the film, one would not argue with it.
However, the film is monotonously childish. Too dumb for adults, certainly, this film is possibly the worst Harrison Ford ever appeared in. His own performance here is awkward. He had not yet perfected his boyish grin and his character is poorly defined and very wooden.
However, I'm adding a star to my review because I feel like this movie is any worse than the popular action movie Where Eagles Dare which has a much higher rating on this site.
A good term for this movie, would be, "a guilty pleasure" as despite it's lack of quality in many areas, it is actually quite fun.
I only regret that I can't recommend it to family audiences because of the nudity.
 Force 10 runs out of breath July 6, 2009
Tony Roberts (Bristol, United Kingdom)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Irrespective of whether it was intended to be a sequel to the excellent 'Guns of Navarone' or not, the fact it uses Navarone in the title inevitably forces a comparison, to which this film falls dreadfully short. Additionally, if one reads the book this film is taken from, again it falls short by a long margin.
One of the many problems was the miscasting of Mallory. Gregory Peck brought a competent, ruthless and reliable character to the screen with his portrayal of the commando leader, yet Robert Shaw, in the twilight of his career (he was to die shortly afterwards), was a baffling and mystifying choice. Why him? He was over the hill and too old (the unsubtle scripting of having him carrying an injury was to accommodate his physical infirmity).
The book had Andrea Stavrou and 3 British commandos join Mallory and Miller, yet the scriptwriters here decided to omit Andrea totally and change the 3 Brits to a whole platoon of Americans - of which all but 2 were killed before they actually set down on Yugoslav soil. The plot was thin and haphazard, and could have been written by a half competent schoolboy. The holes in the story could have accommodated a bus being driven through it.
Richard Keil was one believeable actor suited to the role he was given, but many of the actors were miscast. Edward Fox was so-so, but then David Niven was always going to be a hard act to follow. But why I ask if this was meant to be a standalone story, parachute two old has-beens into Yugoslav territory? For a start, their characters weren't old as we were meant to believe, and they were far more competent and adept at survival than the American soldiers who really ought to have been wearing Star Trek red shirts as they obviously were there to die cheaply.
A loose excuse in identifying a rogue German agent disguised as a Yugoslav partisan was given, but anyone could have gone over and done it with the perfect photo Mallory and Miller were given before setting out. It just didn't work as a believeable story.
The film was shot on location in Yugoslavia, which is I suppose why they filmed that book (it was cheap to film behind the Iron Curtain in those days) but it was a confused mish-mash of loosely linked scenes where the heros escape, return to rescue their comrades, then somehow manage to stumble across getting explosives. The traitor gave the excuse of coming along as none of the others spoke German. Yet in Guns the character of Mallory spoke perfect German. If the same character is used then please get the character right, not completely reinvent him.
Poor script and poor casting ruined what might have been a decent film.
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