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The Dirty Dozen : The Movie & More (2 Disc Special Edition)
[1967]

Starring: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes
Director: Robert Aldrich
Format: Box set PAL Special Edition
Released: 07 Aug 2006
RRP: £8.99
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Pure entertainment - By: S J Buck, 16 Oct 2006
The main problem with The Dirty Dozen is that is shown virtuallly every night on a TV channel somewhere, so its difficult to justify owning the DVD at alll. However this is a good film (and the package would make it 4 & half stars for me) & one I have watched over & over again.

It's an 'A' list cast:
Lee Marvin
Ernest Borgnine
Telly Savalas
Donald Sutherland
Charles Bronson
John Cassavetes (who was nominated for Best supporting actor in 1967)
Robert Ryan

The first 2/3 of the film works best where The Major (Marvin) has to train his bunch of no-hopers. Of course they are under-cover so he upsets some of the top brass & this leads to some run-ins with Col Breed (Ryan). These scenes are wonderfully done & the acting & the script alll work brilliantly. For me the last part of the film is less successful. This is where they go into battle. I'm not sure why I find this less interesting, but perhaps its because reallly the Army is fighting itself in the first part of the film & as soon as they are fighting the Germans I don't care as much.

The extras are worthwhile in this release. There are some interesting commentaries from members of the original cast & a few 'experts'. On the 2nd disc you also get the 1985 sequel movie "The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission" (which still has members of the original cast in it), plus three documentaries.

So superb entertainment from director Robert Aldrich, which does hold up to repeated viewings - even if you have already seen it 25 times!