The Sea Wolves (Keep Case Packaging)
by Andrew V. Mclaglen
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Actor: David Niven, Gregory Peck, Roger MooreDirector: Andrew V. Mclaglen
Brand: PECK,GREGORY
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 4.0; French (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 4.0
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-04-25
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Model: 73244
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- Ahoy for adventure in this jolly good yarn of retired British military men who become the unlikely heroes of a World War II search-and-destroy mission.Starring: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Roger Moore, Trevor Howard, Patrick MacNee Year: 1980 Sound: ENG; Subtitles: ENG, FR Screen Format: Side A: Standard; Side B: WidescreenRunning Time: 120 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
DVD Reviews of The Sea Wolves (Keep Case Packaging)
DVD Review: "Bill, we've got problems. The main bearing is overheating!"
Summary: 3 Stars
The Sea Wolves has a number of problems, not just the main bearing. Andrew McLaglen directed the movie, a WWII adventure of spies and explosives set primarily in Goa's harbor. Three German merchant ships have been interned there, on the west coast of India. Suspiciously, Allied ships are being torpedoed in the area. Look for a German spy operation to learn British shipping schedules and routes; then a way to send that information to the merchant ship that has a transmitter; then a relay to waiting German subs. The British must take action...but Goa is Portuguese. That means neutral. So the Calcutta Light Horse, a part-time territorial unit that is proud of being part of the Raj is recruited. "They haven't seen action in 40 years. You're talking about a mixed bag of boozing, middle-aged, pot bellied businessmen," says a brigadier. "No argument," says Gregory Peck, playing Colonel Lewis Pugh, "but when the war started every man jack of them volunteered for active service." Their colonel is William Grice (David Niven). While Captain Gavin Stewart (Roger Moore) of British Special Secret Operations deals with the spies on land, Colonel Pugh, of British Secret Special Operations (or something like that), will lead the Light Horse to board and destroy the German ships.
McLaglen at his best turned out movies like The Wild Geese, The Devil's Brigade, Bandolero! and several of John Wayne's late middle age westerns. Many were reliable commercial hits, but without an original thought in any of them. They're all skillfully composed of clichés, manly joshing, scenic photography and action. The Sea Wolves might be worth its two hours, but the movie is strictly a professional, commercial and predictable enterprise.
Besides McLaglen's unimaginative commercial competence, The Sea Wolves suffers from its structure, and that means it suffers from its two leads. Peck was 64 and looks it. He undoubtedly was hired to sell tickets in the American market. His British accent varies between nonexistent to jarringly phony: "We're looking for awnsers" "We will keep to the shedjool." Roger Moore at 53 is beginning to need careful lighting to keep the illusion of being 10 years younger. He gives us only more of Moore, a smooth operator who dresses well, is always charming, and speaks smirking innuendo to the ladies. At one point Moore is shot in the elbow and still puts on his dinner jacket unassisted. You have to admire a man like that. Peck and Moore both try for the old English upper-class insouciance, gallantry-in-the-face-of-danger sort of thing. We wind up with a movie that for its first third is Peck and Moore together developing the plan, then Moore for the second third taking out spies, and then the last third with Peck leading the action to board and destroy.
As usual with McLaglen, there are some effective scenes...obtaining and putting in shape a rusting hulk that will transport the Light Horse to the German ships...a spy who prefers a knife to end discussions...the determination of Trevor Howard...one or two sad scenes that work...the final ten minutes which is all action. But then there is that awful stiff-upper-lip "English" dialogue written by Reginald Rose, an American. The Light Horse serves up at every opportunity quantities of manly joshing and kidding, seasickness and terrible cooking, and instant volunteering by each man for the most dangerous tasks. At two hours, however, the three-part story, sluggish pacing (especially with Moore's adventures), and Peck's accent drain away any consistent excitement.
David Niven at 70 is the only one of the three stars who seems quite at home with this sort of thing. The occasion, however, is sad. Niven already was showing signs of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, from which he would die three years later. The Sea Wolves also features a number of aging British actors playing members of the Light Horse. Although their dialogue, joshing and over-aged running about can make a person squirm in sympathy for them, it's still nice to see Trevor Howard, Terrence Longdon, Moray Watson, John Standing, Allan Cuthbertson, Percy Herbert and Donald Houston, as well as Patrick McNee.
The movie is subtitled "The Last Charge of the Calcutta Light Horse." It really happened. The DVD transfer looks fine. There are no extras.
Description of The Sea Wolves (Keep Case Packaging)
Peck and Moore star as British intelligence agents in search of a nest of Nazi spies which they suspect is on one of the ships in the harbor of Goa, British intelligence agents recruit a group of ex-servicemen to stage a raid.Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: PG
Release Date: 25-APR-2006
Media Type: DVD
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