Warbirds (2008 TV Movie)
5/10
WarBirds Is a Fun War Film, An underatted action Hit
9 May 2024
This has a criminally low score, I mean c'mon 3.2? It's nowhere near that sort of level of bad. Even a 3 is too harsh, and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 16 is Wild. This film was fun, had some good moments with our Characters and was entertaining. The Movie did have It's downs though, most noticeably the CGI effects when they are trying to get away from the Birds, but all-in-all fairly decent. This is NOT worse then Horrid Henry the movie, or on par with the Emoji Movie.

Skipper-She's the Pilot of the crew, and I love her confidence and determination to kill the Birds. As unfortunately for them, they were stuck in a massive storm, and leaking out fuel. They then found an Island where they were ultimately stuck on. Skipper is a great leader, and even challenges the Man who's in charge of the soldiers, it shows she's keen to do the right thing, and make ends meat when needed. She gives others a chance. And she was a well developed character throughout the film, her personal growth was great.

I found the CGI when they were crash landing very computer style animation, and it did not look good. Although some of the effects of the Island are very nice to look at. However, the effects did need a few tweeks here and there which would of made the film slightly better. And the squares that show up when something doesn't connect well, also was inside the film. Which fultered the realism of when they were flying and when they were in the air.

Most of the time the tension was on point, the film was very fast paced but the less important stuff took a shorter amount of time, and this can be a good and bad thing. The good is that the characters have some great dialogue together whilst flying up in the air , and the uniform is perfect for the realism. The bad is that the other characters didn't really get a proper send off when they died, whereas whew the confidence of the younger lady takes control of a bad situation, her confidence gets the better of her. A more rash side to a younger person. But she has a nice goodbye with a funeral, which was perfectly acted, directed and even shot.

The Rivalry between the Chinese people and the American people also carried alot of tension. They held lots of Guns which showcased both there violent nature and even aggressive behaviour. And they do help each other out, or try to. I wish the Chinese would of been better prepared as they seemed to be stuck in wooded up area alot. And it did sort of ruin the rivalry at times as there were no stakes. And the rivalry we did get was displayed well here.

The Terror bird creatures were really fast, and they were very Vicious which made them very scary and very deadly. This movie carried a threat to it with these birds, as they were mostly very very angry. And they killed alot of the Americans, who were all in Red lipstick and had lots of make up, it didn't reflect on the environment they were in, but the Birds kept the tension up. And Skipper did look well trained for following orders and did seem experienced in her role. Regardless of how she and the other girls were presented.

The Length of the film wasn't bad either, it could of been longer, and the rivalry could of been more stretched out. But overall the length of the film reflects well on the pacing and even the overall story itself. It works as it doesn't drag on, and the film doesn't need to. It was well paced, it was good fun, and the tension was up the whole time. The risk factor was so high and good in this film, the Birds were presented as relentless and evil. But the humans manged to strike them down. And the war was also ended near the end. Talking about an ending, this is where I now end my review.

Would I recommend this Film?,

War, Camera,action, yes I would. NOT a bad Effort!
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