Mission of Honor 2019

     This film is the story of Hurricane Squadron 303.  These airmen were brave pilots who fought in the skies of England in WW2. They fought for England but also for their home countries.  The men were all from Poland and Czechoslovakia and they fought to keep alive the idea of their own countries.  These men flew the almost-obsolete Hurricane and they wore RAF blue uniforms.  While they fought, in their minds Poland and Czechoslovakia lived.

     There was a lack of enough funding to turn this movie into something other than a television type film.  The pilots have escaped from Europe after the Nazi invasion of their countries.  They pilots are angry and often maligned even though they know how to fly.  There are also language and cultural differences.  Many are still haunted by their grief over the loss of loved ones that have been killed.  3 ½*( liked this movie)

107 min, Action directed by David Blair, written by Robert Ryan and Alastair Galbraith with Iwan Rheon, Milo Gibson, Stefanie Martini, Krystof Hadek, Marcin Dorocinski, Manuel Klein, Raphael Desprez, Rosie Gray, Emily Wyatt, Robert Portal, Andrew Sweet, Marc Hughes, Graham Padden, Teresa Mahoney, Jamie Langlands.

Note:  Imdb 5.9 out of 10, Amazon 3.6* out of 5* with 64 reviews, moviemovesme.com 2* out of 5*, Letterboxd average 2.8* out of 5*, The Guardian 3.5* out of 5* Leslie Felperin.

Special Note:  Also titled Hurricane, filmed in Maidenhead, Berkshire; Uxbridge, Middlesex; Aldershot, Hampshire; Broadstairs, Kent and London, England, UK.  Air battle sequences were shot using a combination of replica cockpits, life-size replica Hurricanes on a gimbal (pivoted support), real Hurricanes (there are only nine in the world) and visual effects.  RAF Northolt, the home of 303 Squadron, was replicated at White Altham airport west of London.  Northolt had very few period buildings and no longer had a grass runway.  Filming at the battle of Britain bunker was a couple of miles from the Polish war memorial at RAF Norholt.