Days Of Glory DVD Review
To start off with, do not be put off by the fact that this film is in French and subtitled. This may annoy some viewers more than others, but certainly didn’t spoil the film for me. The acting is very good from all those involved and the action scenes intense and thrilling. The plot and cinematography only help to excel the movie’s brilliance and ambition to become a classic foreign war film, superior even to the excellent “Downfall” and spellbinding “Letters From Iwo Jima”.
The film starts off with Muslims from French colonies enlisting to fight for France in World War 2. Saïd, the main character, comes from a background of total poverty, but soon proves himself useful on the battlefield when he successfully kills a German machine gunner with a grenade. He then becomes an assistant to Sergeant Roger Martinez, and meets Messaoud Souni (a marksman) and Yassir (who is fighting along with his brother to raise some money).
The French army is supposed to treat every soldier equally, but this is certainly not the case, as discovered by the soldier Abdelkader, a private who has leadership over Said’s group. This leads to several circumstances, some of which include a small uprising over what food each soldier receives, and a fight between Abdelkader and Martinez.
As the film progresses, Souni meets Irene, a French woman who he promises to marry after the war, many lives are lost, and the main characters form a solid and valuable friendship.
This is a way above average war film, with a talented cast and decent plot to match. Time is allowed for the characters to fully develop so that, by the final shootout you care immensely about their fates. As for action, there are about two major battle/shootout sequences, which should impress most people looking for action packed war films.
Some people say that this film is quite similar to “Saving Private Ryan”. Although I do not wholly agree, I can say that “Days Of Glory” is far superior.
Overall- between 8.5-9/10
To start off with, do not be put off by the fact that this film is in French and subtitled. This may annoy some viewers more than others, but certainly didn’t spoil the film for me. The acting is very good from all those involved and the action scenes intense and thrilling. The plot and cinematography only help to excel the movie’s brilliance and ambition to become a classic foreign war film, superior even to the excellent “Downfall” and spellbinding “Letters From Iwo Jima”.
The film starts off with Muslims from French colonies enlisting to fight for France in World War 2. Saïd, the main character, comes from a background of total poverty, but soon proves himself useful on the battlefield when he successfully kills a German machine gunner with a grenade. He then becomes an assistant to Sergeant Roger Martinez, and meets Messaoud Souni (a marksman) and Yassir (who is fighting along with his brother to raise some money).
The French army is supposed to treat every soldier equally, but this is certainly not the case, as discovered by the soldier Abdelkader, a private who has leadership over Said’s group. This leads to several circumstances, some of which include a small uprising over what food each soldier receives, and a fight between Abdelkader and Martinez.
As the film progresses, Souni meets Irene, a French woman who he promises to marry after the war, many lives are lost, and the main characters form a solid and valuable friendship.
This is a way above average war film, with a talented cast and decent plot to match. Time is allowed for the characters to fully develop so that, by the final shootout you care immensely about their fates. As for action, there are about two major battle/shootout sequences, which should impress most people looking for action packed war films.
Some people say that this film is quite similar to “Saving Private Ryan”. Although I do not wholly agree, I can say that “Days Of Glory” is far superior.
Overall- between 8.5-9/10
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