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 Red Baron review Product Description
The true story of one of World War One's deadliest air aces comes to the screen in this historical drama. ...See Full Description
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| Not the best WWI air-fighting film
As a film about a legendary historical character, The Red Baron suffers from an inane script and an almost complete disregard for historical accuracy. The filmmakers appear to believe that the true story about the Red Baron is not sufficiently exciting, and so they choose to add in not only antiwar messages, but also a completely fictitious love affair between Richthofen and a nurse who pops up later at unlikely moments to disrupt the narrative. Even more laughably ridiculous is a subplot in which Captain Arthur Roy Brown (believed by the British to be the victor in the Red Baron’s last fight) becomes Richthofen’s friend and even has a secret meeting with him to talk about the war, the philosophies of air-fighting, and even his love interest! The script itself is poorly written, and the individual scenes often appear like isolated moments with hardly any continuity between them. Also, those who see this film for the air-fighting might be a little disappointed. Some twenty full-scale replicas of the planes of that period are used and they look fine on the ground, but none could fly. Thus unlike several earlier films, the air-fighting scenes are entirely CGI – moreover, not very good CGI. Some of the aerial combat scenes – especially those with many planes in action – look very unreal. As for the extras, there are only two page of text on the real Red Baron, but the clip on the production of the film is fairly interesting.
By Henry (Hong Kong) 
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Red Baron video Product Details
| CD Universe Part number | 8164838 |
| Studio | Monterey Home Video |
| Orig Year | 2008 |
| Catalog number | 336655 |
| Discs | 1 |
| Release Date | Jun 01, 2010 |
| Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Also Known As | Der Rote Baron |
| Running Time | 106 Minutes |
| Additional Info | Subtitled |
| Movie Details | Subtitled |
Red Baron DVD Features
Blu-ray Disc Features:
Note: The Red Baron - Making of Visual Effects
Legends of The Red Baron
Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Subtitles - English, French
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