The Breakdown

  • Actual Spitfires and Heinkels in the sky
  • Duty, sacrifice, and clear good vs evil
  • Practical effects still hold up
  • Three-hour runtime tests modern attention
  • Some stiff upper-lip performances

Side Effects

raf pilots grinning, cgi directors filing for unemployment

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