 | Troy (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.80 Quite good action scenes. The rest is anybody's guess...
Of course Peter O'Toole is always a plus.
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 | The 300 Spartans
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $2.15 Has not aged very well... will be quickly superseded by "300" I fear...
Why they do not do a proper "GATES OF FIRE" movie?
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 | Alexander, Revisited - The Final Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $8.49 / Used from: $1.49 The battle scenes are a must. Thanks Oliver. As a movie I have strong doubts...
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 | Hannibal
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $6.29 Lack of funds muddle the CANNAE battle (one of the most famous "complete" victories) Still watchable if the Punic Wars are your thing... the rest better avoid!
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![The Fall of the Roman Empire [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41SS4JJ02QL._SL75_.jpg) | The Fall of the Roman Empire [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]
Buy used from: $22.99 I always "hated" the Roman Empire... do not know why... Nice "germanic" forest battle...
You can look at the first 15 minutes of GLADIATOR too!... (the rest of the flick is'nt wargames at all)
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 | The Vikings
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $3.07 "THE" film about Vikings.
The other one "Prince Valiant" is better seen before becoming a teenager...
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 | Kingdom of Heaven - The Director's Cut (Four-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $27.99 / Used from: $15.99 If a crusades wargamer a must see.
Curiously enough "THE CRUSADES" by Cecil B. de Mille has also magnificent battle/siege scenes (black&white).
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 | El Cid
Buy used from: $29.88 "Reconquista" freaks will love it. The best part is the last third of the film.
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 | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $3.35 Irregular movie but EXCELLENT battle scenes.
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 | Cromwell
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.21 They talk and talk and talk... but still impresive battles (even if there are so few...).
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 | The Last Valley
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $4.18 Too "real" approach. But a great film.
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![Alatriste [PAL/REGION 2 DVD. Import-Spain]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21OsTi%2BSztL._SL75_.jpg) | Alatriste [PAL/REGION 2 DVD. Import-Spain]
War and action scenes (quite good mind) are the only interest of a film lacking a coherent script.
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 | The Last of the Mohicans (Director's Expanded Edition)
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $5.79 Wonderful remake with excelent soundtrack.
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 | Barry Lyndon
Buy used from: $4.66 A great film.
Must see Seven Years War uniforms and battle scenes.
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 | The Crossing
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $12.74 Much underrated... give it a chance.
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 | The Patriot (Special Edition)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $1.74 Battle scenes the best of it. Actually the only field battle "the patriots" WON in the real war.
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 | The Duellists
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $4.28 The Hussar's dress catalogue through the napoleonic wars.
A forgotten gem and a cult movie for wargamers.
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 | Captain Horatio Hornblower
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $10.99 The brits defeated Boney at sea.
Have control of the seas and you become a REAL EMPIRE.
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 | Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $29.49 / Used from: $2.18 Same as above. But a better film.
Fans of Aubrey-Maturin novels have mixed feelings about it.
Well I am a fan... and love it.
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 | War and Peace
Buy new: $8.49 / Used from: $3.65 Only the battles are recommended... the rest... to be avoided or skipped.
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![Waterloo [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K39H7N1KL._SL75_.jpg) | Waterloo [Region 2]
Buy used from: $20.18 One of my pet films.
And YES I know the prussians really WON the day at Waterloo (but probably because the allies refused to considere themselves vanquished).
Rod Steiger's in an OSCAR deserving performance.
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 | The Alamo (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $0.49 Vastly superior version. (Less "extras" thought). Has the plus of the San Jacinto battle.
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 | The Charge of the Light Brigade
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $3.48 Too true to be good.
Horrible uniform mistakes... the 17th lancers with cherry red pantaloons!!!... A must see for all Crimean buffs.
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 | Gettysburg / Gods and Generals
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $4.34 Wow!. GREAT FILMS based on splendid novels.
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 | The Horse Soldiers
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $2.00 MY LOVED MOVIE EVER SINCE A BOY... ACW CAVALRY FILM MUCH UNDERRATED. SIMPLY THE BEST.
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 | Major Dundee (The Extended Version)
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $4.50 A favorite. If you like it see "THE WILD BUNCH"...(just for the sake of it)
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 | Ride with the Devil
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.48 Probably much more historical.
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 | Glory
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.89 Simply GREAT. What a cast!...
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![Son of The Morning Star [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21XB84FBHHL._SL75_.jpg) | Son of The Morning Star [VHS]
Buy used from: $19.05 For when the DVD???? Best LBH around.
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 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Buy used from: $2.32 The Frontier as per John Ford vision... OSCAR PERFORMANCE BY JOHN WAYNE... IF EVER THERE WAS ONE... NOT GRANTED THOUGHT.
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 | Zulu Dawn
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $11.00 Great recreation of a real famous british blunder. Lord Chelmsford was a very good wargamer (real data) and a very bad field commander! (real data too I am afraid...).
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 | Zulu
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.98 British Infantry doing what they do best... defend a hopeless position.
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 | Geronimo - An American Legend
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $1.00 Underrated. Get "Ulzana's Raid" too.
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 | Khartoum
Buy used from: $2.99 Magnificent. But it lacks the ABU KLEA WELLS battle... and more shots of the relief expedition... a pity.
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 | The Four Feathers
Buy used from: $44.44 THE COLONIAL FILM PAR EXCELLENCE. Avoid modern remake for what it is... a blunder.
THE DRUM is also worth seeing.
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 | Breaker Morant (Masterworks Edition)
Buy used from: $14.77 A MUST SEE AND UNDERSTAND.
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 | Rough Riders
Buy new: $15.49 / Used from: $3.13 ONE OF THE BEST TV MADE FOR WAR FILMS EVER.
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![55 Days at Peking [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TWG977HNL._SL75_.jpg) | 55 Days at Peking [Region 2]
Buy used from: $23.97 Interesting little war with plenty of uniforms.
Great skirmish potential.
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 | March Or Die
Buy used from: $19.96 The French Foreign Legion has always been a favorite regiment in my armies. Wish one day a film about CAMERONE (Camaron actually) is made with the budget and actor's needed.
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 | The Wind and the Lion
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $2.88 Some licence there... but such a good film!. Hope you see someday the real picture of the Rif bandit Sean Connery plays... you'll probably be disappointed!
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