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Flyboys

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Flyboys is a good old-fashioned historical drama concerning the Lafayette Escadrille, a French regiment of American volunteer airmen serving the allied cause in WWI before the US became officially involved. James Franco plays Blaine, a Texas rancher; he bunks with Eugene (Abdul Salis), an African American boxer whose been living in Paris as an ex-patriate to get away from American racism. Other fighters include a pampered New York scion (Tyler Labine) and a lanky, lazy Kansan (David Ellison). They all train under the patient hand of the French commander, succinctly embodied by the wondrous Jean Reno (Leon). Martin Henderson (Torque) is good and brusque as a jaded flier with a bunch of kills under his belt and an obsession with an ace German fighter; he wont let the new kids drink in the officer's club until they've shot down their first planes. It all unfolds in a no-nonsense linear narrative that reminds one of early films like The Dawn Patrol (1930) and Wings (1927); and there's a comfortingly familiar orchestral score that's heavy with the cloud-invoking wooden flute. But the CGI-enhanced aerial dogfight scenes are the crux of the feature, and history fans should be frothing at the mouth with all the zeppelins, dogfights and enemy chivalry. There's plenty of well-researched period detail and even some romance in the form of a good girl gone semi-bad from a nearby brothel (the very charming Jennifer Decker).

studio:
  • 20th Century Fox
Run Time:
  • 133 mins approx.
Director:
  • Tony Bill
Certificate:
  • 12
Actor:
  • Jennifer Decker
  • Abdul Salis
  • Martin Henderson
  • Jean Reno
  • David Ellison
  • Lex Shrapnel
  • James Franco
  • Ian Rose
Aspect Ratio:
  • 16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen
Theatrical Release Year:
  • 2007
Main Language:
  • English
Number of Discs:
  • 1
Region:
  • 2
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