This movie starts out rather laid back and sweet in nature, but it suddenly turns rather bleak and depressing halfway through for a short moment, which is somewhat odd and not fitting to the general laid back mood of the rest of this family picture.
The story: Robert Redford plays the part of an ex-World War 1 pilot, who has become a pilot stuntman after the war. Desperately looking for work, he decides to pull of the scariest plane stunts possible in order to attract crowds in the hope of becoming rich and famous. Will he be successful or will he die trying?
Some of these stunts are truly nerve wrecking to watch!Terrific! And these few exhilarating stunts were performed in a period in which there were no CGI special effects. So what you see is what you get:true to life stunt work. Quite impressive. The stunts though only take up a very tiny small part of the movie though and the dramatic arch of this movie feels somewhat disjointed and never rises above average. Lacking punch. Still a reasonably nice watch though...
The story: Robert Redford plays the part of an ex-World War 1 pilot, who has become a pilot stuntman after the war. Desperately looking for work, he decides to pull of the scariest plane stunts possible in order to attract crowds in the hope of becoming rich and famous. Will he be successful or will he die trying?
Some of these stunts are truly nerve wrecking to watch!Terrific! And these few exhilarating stunts were performed in a period in which there were no CGI special effects. So what you see is what you get:true to life stunt work. Quite impressive. The stunts though only take up a very tiny small part of the movie though and the dramatic arch of this movie feels somewhat disjointed and never rises above average. Lacking punch. Still a reasonably nice watch though...