george-841 Review of A Bridge Too Far

A Bridge Too Far (1977)

Unintentionally hilarious when Caan makes his getaway

[6/10 · 4 January 2012]

With the extensive reviews already posted, I don't have much to add. I do agree with one of the negative reviewers that, while I think he was a tad harsh his overall rating of 1 (IIRC), the scene where James Caan rescues his buddy by driving an open jeep through dozens of alert Germans is rather extremely unbelievable and thereby unintentionally hilarious. The poster claims he counted shots and that the Germans were something like zero for 367 in taking shots at Caan's jeep, with many of them at point-blank range. He's probably not far off with that count! This is worse than some of the scenes in Star Wars where the bad guys are unable to hit Luke & Co. with LASER weapons at equally close ranges. At least Caan was in motion but still, it's ridiculous. Some of the camera angles are from the German perspective and I swear a couple of shots my 7-yr old nephew could have taken out Caan with a slingshot!