Before he made the original Inglorious Bastards, Enzo Castellari made Eagles Over London.
This film has now been restored by Severin and now released on Blu-ray and DVD.
Captain Paul Stevens survives Dunkirk and makes his way back to London.
He discovers that the Nazis have stolen various soldiers identities and are somewhere in the UK.
What follows is a good old-fashioned war film (it was made in 1969).
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The production design is, frankly, superb.
We have a very good recreation of Dunkirk and blitzed London.
Also we have some nice almost Bond-esque design on some of the army radar stations.
This is very effective, in particular the split screen work.
Well done, Enzo!!
The picture on the disc is, simply, very good.
It is not reference quality, but I would imagine the negatives werent that well looked after.
The sound, being Dolby 2.0, is fine but not that spectacular.
It is clear and the gunfire and aeroplanes sound pretty good.
A couple of nice extra features appear on the disc.
A couple of trailers round off the extras.
The Blu-ray is region free as isThe Inglorious Bastards.
Treat yourself to both films and have a bloody good evening in, Enzo Castellari style.
Rating:
3 out of 5
