An Ungentlemanly Act

[digitalfreefall]

An Ungentlemanly Act is a 1992 made for TV film that recounts the first 36 hours of the Falklands War.

"The film starts by taking you into the events prior to invasion with the arrival of Naval Party 8901 led by Major Mike Norman. You get to meet the various islanders, Royal Marines, civil servants, journalists and Argentineans and see the tension and speculation before the invasion.

The moment when all hell breaks loose the islanders, marines and civil servants at Government House try to react to what is going on around them really pulls you into the action. Events from Port Williams' Yorke beaches, The Islands' radio station, Moody Brook Barracks, the pub and homes of some of the islanders also play backdrop to various scenes. These show civilians stuck in a war zone which is very much needed. It shows them as Britains and not Argentineans in culture.

The film unlike many a modern war drama is also filmed from the Argentinean side, which is still not fully shown in many publications, dramas of documentaries about the conflict. It's good the film does not show them as this faceless enemy and gives it more credibility in my view. The Film's ending is very well done, it makes one proud to be British and it leaves you on a high with the under dog winning keeping with tradition of the British war flick."



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[AJtothemax]

On that note, isnt there supposed to be a film about Thatcher and the lead up to the falklands war? Something i caught a very brief view of on the news before i left for work last week.

[digitalfreefall]

You might be thinking of Shane Meadows new film This is England.

"Roland Rat, Margaret Thatcher; Rubik's Cubes, the Royal Wedding; aerobics, skinheads... It's 1983, and the schools are breaking up for summer. Shaun is 12 and a bit of a loner, growing up with his mum in a grim coastal town, his dad killed fighting in the Falklands War. On his way home from school where he's been tormented all day for wearing flares, he runs into a group of skinheads, who against expectations turn out to be friendly and take him under their wing. Soon Shaun discovers parties, girls and snappy dressing, and finds some role models in Woody, Milky and the rest of the gang. But when an older, overtly racist skinhead returns home from prison, the easy camaraderie of the group is broken, and Shaun is drawn into much more uncomfortable territory. Based largely on his own experience as a youngster, this is Shane Meadows' most mature and fully realised film. Handling the complexities of masculinity, violence and race with sensitivity and a lightness of touch, it's hard to imagine a film that would better capture the mood of the time, or that could have any greater an understanding of the allure of being part of a gang."

Shawn Meadows directed one of my favorite films Dead Mans Shoes, This is England is supposed to be just as good.

[AJtothemax]

Yeah mate i think its the same thing.

I saw Dead Mans Shoes a year or two back. Pretty good actually, it really made me feel for the guy those drug dealers tormented, because in the end they were nothing weren't they.

I was slightly confused at the start when i saw it but it quickly becomes clear what its about. It was good to see his brother getting revenge as its what they deserved. The film Outlaw with Sean Bean follows a similar plot, i enjoyed watching that to, as i think its what everyone is thinking needs to be done in the country to sort it out. Recommend you watch that digi.

All the best.

[Eddie]

I saw An Ungentlemanly Act recommended on Mil Forums (I think) sometime last year and decided to get it, and it's bloody good, definately worth watching. Good acting, good direction, great script A must see.