The Avengers (1942)
6/10
So bad that it's worth watching !
24 September 2006
Warning: Spoilers
A typical propaganda film of the period, containing comical German stereotypes, a bland predictable plot, and of course, an American hero, in an effort to create a sense of fraternity. It's simply not credible - British audiences must have been really gullible to put up with this.

It does however manage to collect a couple of honours as far as I'm concerned -

  • it has the worst fight scene I've ever seen - it's worth watching the first 5 minutes just to see it !


  • it has the worst bit of set design I've ever seen - in the last 5 minutes when the heroic British invasion forces land (just in time to prevent the execution of the hero.....), the landing craft, which people on the beach pull in with a rope, appears to have been knocked up by a carpenter using banisters for the side and a bit of chipboard for the ramp. It looks like something children would construct for the school play !
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