[.ca] Mosquito Squadron

From Amazon.com:
World War II aviation buffs may quibble with details in Mosquito Squadron, but they'll love it just the same. It's an average war movie, capably directed by Boris Sagal, who thrived in television before he was tragically killed by a helicopter rotor in 1981. At the peak of his post-Man from U.N.C.L.E. success, David McCallum plays a melancholy RAF ace, leading his squadron of De Havilland "Mosquito" bombers on low-altitude strikes over Nazi strongholds in Germany and France. His ground-based dilemma involves the grieving wife of his best friend, a fellow pilot presumed dead but later discovered alive with other POWs held at a French chalet where the Nazis are developing advanced V-class bombers. The RAF employs bouncing "highballs" capable of penetrating difficult targets, and the rousing climax doubles as a rescue mission and treacherous bombing run. Explosive action compensates for predictable melodrama, and Rocky Horror fans will enjoy seeing Charles ("the Criminologist") Gray as a stuffy RAF Commodore. --Jeff Shannon

Great RAF film.......Cool DVD!!:
Mosquito Squadron is a good rip-roaring adventure of a war movie to watch on a rainy summer day. David McCallum is great in his role of Quint Monroe, a RAF pilot who fights one war in Europe and a personal one in his heart. During a bombing raid, Monroe's best friend, the squad's CO is shot down by German fighters who jumped them. Monroe tells his friend's wife, Beth, that her husband has been killed, sparking a romance that they had before the war. While Monroe is trying to get over the loss of his friend, the RAF Command learn that the Germans are close to completing their new V-3 rocket at a secret testing center near a ruined church. When Monroe and the squad get ready to bomb the church, a new threat comes their way, the Germans are holding a group of British POWs hostage, including Monroe's friend, who didn't die. Monroe becomes conflicted with himself, he must bomb the church before the rockets can be fired at London, but he also wants to save his friend and the other POW from massacare. Monroe manages to cool down and stages a daring raid on the prison with the help of the French Resistance and other RAF squadrons. One of Monroe's planes will bomb a section of the wall which the French will be able to make a daring raid on the prison compound and free the POWs. Will Monroe and the Mosquito Squadron pull the raid off? Will he be able to save his friend? I have this movie on DVD and it plays great. If you liked the Battle of Britain with Micheal Caine and Trevor Howard, and 633 Squadron with Cliff Robertson and George Chakiris, you'll love Mosquito Squadron. Give this movie a try, you won't be disappointed.

You definitely want to see this one!:
I found this movie on Netflix. I was totally unaware that it existed. Normally I am not a fan of war movies. In criticism the film does have a couple of low budget tricks. The plot and the acting are extremely good.It will hold your attention to the explosive end. Fascinating subject matter. David McCallum excellently underplays his role.

So this is how we stopped the Nazis:
A pitiful extended bore...how many times do you have to see the intrepid pilots fly up the fjord practice run to get the picture. This one ought to be coupled with "The revenge of the Killer Tomatoes"....save your dough from this turkey!

Routine war melodrama starring the Mosquito-bomber:
Havent seen the DVD, but seen the movie on TV several times in the 70s, wasnt overly impressed then, so would be less so now. If youve seen 633 Squadron, then watch this, yes, youve seen most of the aerial action in THAT better movie. This time is a hybrid mission involving rockets or rocket-fuel like '633, but with a potentially thrilling resistance-fighter jailbreak facilitated by the Mosquitoes blowing-down the walls with dambuster-style Upkeep/Highball bouncing-bombs as a bonus target: might seem they are borrowing from here and there of previous movies, but there really was an epic RAF operation against Amiens Prison housing French Resistance fighters during the war, known aptly as Operation Jericho, ( the walls came tumbling down)so its ok to overlap other movies when it also reflects fact, of course. Anyway, its too low-budgety to do much, saves heaps with using the 633 Squadron sequences, much as movies like 'Midway' used the wonderful combat sequences from 'Tora Tora Tora', and has a melodrama that the dreadful 'Pearl Harbor' probably ripped off, the pilot disappears in combat, certainly KIA, brave late pilots buddy hooks-up late pilots foxy squeeze,they both feel bad about it, but they do it anyway, then dead-hero inconveniently has not been killed, is alive, shaken but not stirred,POW, but now pilot feeling bad about being busy with not-so-dead buddies lady, also has to fly-off and probably off the presumed-dead buddy for real this time himself as inevitable collateral damage with the Nazi target he has to drop bombs on to win the ruddy war. If you like 633 Squadron, this is definately inferior but with many melodramatic similiarities,Cliff Robertson in '633 also had to grease one of the friendlies thanks to those horrid Germans, it lacks 633s stratosperic atmospheric soaring Ron Goodwin theme-music, and really, I wouldnt drop the dough unless you just cant get enough of the admittedly exciting and beautiful Mosquito bomber in any vehicle.

David McCallum is Excellent:
MOSQUITO SQUADRON is a very good WW2 aviation movie. David McCallum is one of my favorite actors. I grew up with him on THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. where he was just perfect for that role as he is in this movie. David McCallum leads this squadron to victory in is own great style. I wish David could have made more films like this that showed what a great actor he is.