OUR REVIEW
by Dave White
Who's in It: James Franco, Jean Reno, Martin Henderson, Philip Winchester, David Ellison, Jennifer Decker
The Basics: American volunteer service members during World War I become "a new kind of hero" by learning to operate those newfangled flying machines. Some die, because in a movie like this, that's actually the most heroic thing you can do. And the star (Franco) gets to fall in love with a beautiful French girl who learns to speak English overnight for him.
What's the Deal? I didn't know they made rah-rah-for-war movies anymore. But I was wrong. I wonder who likes them when they're this hokey and lacking in drama or tension. Maybe the rah-rah-for-war people will dig it anyway. I guess the plane fighting scenes are OK. All digital-looking, though.
My Favorite Things About This Movie:
1. Jean Reno's sneer. He's here to get paid and doesn't want any trouble.
2. James Franco's physical inability to avoid the pouty-face.
3. The way that Franco's character manages to fall in love with the one girl in the French whorehouse who isn't a prostitute. She was just there to deliver the brie. I'm not making that up, either. That's in the movie. She was delivering the brie. Because it's France
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