By film-industry coincidence, true-tale Brit drama "The Great Escaper" is near identical in plot to the simultaneously released "The Last Rifleman", with Michael Caine (in what he SAYS will be his last role) as the 90+ WWII veteran who leaves his nursing home (and feisty wife Glenda Jackson in this case) to attend landing anniversary celebrations in Normandy - meeting various folk en route (in this case like John Standing) and becoming a news sensation. This one though (directed by Oliver Parker & written by William Ivory) is colder, harder & less charming than the other (and makes old age way less appealing btw). Of the two, "The Last Rifleman" is so much better.
Review of The Great Escaper
The Great Escaper
(2023)
Near identical in plot to "The Last Rifleman" but nowhere near as warm or charming.
13 November 2023