Mum's Monday: Where Eagles Dare

The film is well named as where the characters are going has not only ‘Eagle’ in the name, but it is also deemed only ‘Eagles’ can access it easily. This is a rescue mission; the person they are saving is very important. The terrain seen from the view point of the pilot in the plane, you can see that only an ‘Eagle’ or bird could easily navigate it.

Already the action or mystery is starting, one of the group sadly, didn’t make the parachute jump.

The mystery of this film continues, the American Schaffer (Clint Eastwood) is there ‘Because he is an American’.

The rescue team have arrived in the village, it is surprising and clever the amount of deception that is needed to get the job done, even the planning and the papers are in place.

It turns out the Germans haven’t got who they think they have, so an even more of a mystery as to this mission.

It is clever how, one, using a staff shortage they get a ‘Secretary’ on the inside of the castle and, two, handing themselves in, helping to get the team where they need to be, via a use of a gun.

The mission is still going ahead, we are yet to find out exactly why? At last though the team get to meet ‘Carnaby’ AKA Cartright Jones (Robert Beatty).

It is a shame that the best laid plans can almost be derailed by meeting someone who knows a lot about a place that you have supposed to have been.

It seems there is a ‘Double Agent’ in the team and it all becomes clear as to the purpose of the mission.

It is very clever how this film is all worked out the intricate detail, the script and how the characters are interweaved and used in the plan.

Now we see, they have achieved most of what they set out to do, the film is however, not over yet, they still have to escape the castle. The escape is a bit gruesome and keeps you on ‘The edge of your seat’.

Just when you think this film is over, it turns into what could be a plot from an ‘Agatha Christie’ ‘Who done it’.

This film all comes down to who you can trust, and the door is closed and the film and the mission is over now.