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covert SAS mission in the Gulf War gone wrong. Sean Bean plays McNab, part of an eight-man team dropped behind enemy lines to sever communications lines. Things inevitably go wrong, however, and the team are captured and tortured, before making a variety of daring and amazing escapes. The story on which this film is based is certainly stirring, but it suffers from being generically at odds with the production values of a TV adaptation. The acting is wooden and the budget cannot provide the pyrotechnics or thrilling action sequences which action or war junkies may demand. At some points there are even unsuccessful attempts to blend parts of the staged drama with real documentary news footage. One might argue that the presentation of the SAS team as everyday, emotionally stunted lads, and their mission as gritty, downbeat and devoid of glamour is perhaps quite true to real-life events. It is also a huge novelty to see cinematic acknowledgement of British forces' participation in any conflictoccurring in the last century. On the other hand,Bravo Two Zeroundoubtedly appears quite dour when placed alongside a more flashy, Hollywood offering such as Three Kings. Nevertheless, SAS aficionados and fans of the novel will enjoy it immensely, if only to look at the way in which McNab's account presents Chris Ryan--author of a drastically different film and novel version of this incident, The One That Got Away--as a posturing, image-conscious coward. --Paul Philpott
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covert SAS mission in the Gulf War gone wrong. Sean Bean plays McNab, part of an eight-man team dropped behind enemy lines to sever communications lines. Things inevitably go wrong, however, and the team are captured and tortured, before making a variety of daring and amazing escapes. The story on which this film is based is certainly stirring, but it suffers from being generically at odds with the production values of a TV adaptation. The acting is wooden and the budget cannot provide the pyrotechnics or thrilling action sequences which action or war junkies may demand. At some points there are even unsuccessful attempts to blend parts of the staged drama with real documentary news footage. One might argue that the presentation of the SAS team as everyday, emotionally stunted lads, and their mission as gritty, downbeat and devoid of glamour is perhaps quite true to real-life events. It is also a huge novelty to see cinematic acknowledgement of British forces' participation in any conflictoccurring in the last century. On the other hand,Bravo Two Zeroundoubtedly appears quite dour when placed alongside a more flashy, Hollywood offering such as Three Kings. Nevertheless, SAS aficionados and fans of the novel will enjoy it immensely, if only to look at the way in which McNab's account presents Chris Ryan--author of a drastically different film and novel version of this incident, The One That Got Away--as a posturing, image-conscious coward. --Paul Philpott
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A made-for-TV adaptation of Andy McNab's best-sellingBravo Two Zero--his account of a ... more
covert SAS mission in the Gulf War gone wrong. Sean Bean plays McNab, part of an eight-man team dropped behind enemy lines to sever communications lines. Things inevitably go wrong, however, and the teamare captured and tortured, before making a variety of daring and amazing escapes. The story on which this film is based is certainly stirring, but it suffers from being generically at odds with the production values of a TV adaptation. The acting is wooden and the budget cannot provide the pyrotechnics or thrilling action sequences which action or war junkies may demand. At some points there are even unsuccessful attempts to blend parts of the staged drama with real documentary news footage. One might argue that the presentation of the SAS team as everyday, emotionally stunted lads, and their mission as gritty, downbeat and devoid of glamour is perhaps quite true to real-life events. It is also a huge novelty to see cinematic acknowledgement of British forces' participation inanyconflict occurring in the last century. On the other hand,Bravo Two Zeroundoubtedly appears quite dour when placed alongside a more flashy, Hollywood offering such asThree Kings. Nevertheless, SAS aficionados and fans of the novel will enjoy it immensely, if only to look at the way in which McNab's account presents Chris Ryan--author of a drastically different film and novel version of this incident,The One That Got Away--as a posturing, image-conscious coward. The video also includes an exclusive 22-minute interview with the author, Andy McNab. --Paul Philpott
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covert SAS mission in the Gulf War gone wrong. Sean Bean plays McNab, part of an eight-man team dropped behind enemy lines to sever communications lines. Things inevitably go wrong, however, and the team are captured and tortured, before making a variety of daring and amazing escapes. The story on which this film is based is certainly stirring, but it suffers from being generically at odds with the production values of a TV adaptation. The acting is wooden and the budget cannot provide the pyrotechnics or thrilling action sequences which action or war junkies may demand. At some points there are even unsuccessful attempts to blend parts of the staged drama with real documentary news footage. One might argue that the presentation of the SAS team as everyday, emotionally stunted lads, and their mission as gritty, downbeat and devoid of glamour is perhaps quite true to real-life events. It is also a huge novelty to see cinematic acknowledgement of British forces' participation inanyconflict occurring in the last century. On the other hand,Bravo Two Zeroundoubtedly appears quite dour when placed alongside a more flashy, Hollywood offering such asThree Kings. Nevertheless, SAS aficionados and fans of the novel will enjoy it immensely, if only to look at the way in which McNab's account presents Chris Ryan--author of a drastically different film and novel version of this incident,The One That Got Away--as a posturing, image-conscious coward. The video also includes an exclusive 22-minute interview with the author, Andy McNab. --Paul Philpott
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BravoTwoZero
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BravoTwoZero was one of the best books I've read in a long while. The story follows BravoTwoZero leader, Sergeant AndyMcNab and his band of brothers.
The Plot
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In January 1991, eight members of the SAS regiment embarked upon top secret mission that was to infiltrate them deep behind enemy lines. Under the command of Sergeant AndyMcNab, they were to sever the underground communication link between Baghdad and Northwest, and to seek and destroy mobile scud launchers.
BravoTwoZero Crew
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Below are the members of BravoTwoZero.
Dinger
Stan
Mark
Vince Phillips
Bob Consiglio
'Legs' Lane
AndyMcNab
Chris
The Story
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Advantages: Excellent story of behind the lines action Disadvantages: none
I found this a compelling and gripping read from start to finish. This eight man SAS team were indeed very brave. This is an account of an eight man patrol that were sent behind enemy lines during the first Gulf war to locate scud missile launchers. The hostilities they encountered when their cover is blown in the Iraqi desert, from a firefight with the Iraqi forces, freezing temperatures during the night, running marathon distances and trying cross the border into Syria is true boys own hero stuff. Then the horrific torture of the soldiers by the Iraqi Special Forces when captured makes this story unique. It says something when only one man Chris Ryan escaped (The One That Got Away).
This account has been turned into a film starring Sean Bean. AndyMcNab is now a talented fiction writer. ...
Advantages: Riveting. Disadvantages: Makes you realise how evil mankind can be
We were all aware of the role played by the British Army in the Gulf War but little was known of the exploits of the SAS at the time, this book seeks to redress that with a brutal account of an 8 man patrol detailed with severing the underground communication link between Baghdad and North West Iraq, oh yeah, and they also had the task of locating and taking out the threat of Iraq’s scud missiles !!!
The story is written by the Sergeant of the mission AndyMcNab and was to become one of the most critically acclaimed “war story” novels ever. It chronicles from start to finish the events surrounding the mission and how it went disastrously wrong. He goes into shocking detail of how he was captured and the subsequent nightmare he went through while help captive where he endured all sorts of torture, both physical ...
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Product details
EAN
9780552141277
Type
Non-Fiction
Genre
History
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Title
Bravo Two-Zero
Author
Andy Mcnab
ISBN
0552141275
Manufacturer's product description
McNab's account of an SAS mission in which he led an eight-man patrol deep behind enemy lines in the Gulf War. It is a chronicle of courage endurance and dark humour in circumstances for which McNab and his men became what is believed to be the most highly decorated patrol since the Boer War.
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