Sky Fighters (2005)

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Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

This movie shows the problem of modern french movies and European movies in general.The french don't have stars anymore.This movie is well done with a decent plot and great aerial scenes,its an absolute must for aviation fans. But what is missing is some actors with star appeal.Its an action movie ,so one doesn't expect great acting but since people compare it with Top Gun,the American movie had Tom Cruise in it. The actors in this movie are OK actors,they play their part,but we're talking zero star appeal.Where are the next generation Delons and Belmondos?nowhere to be found. Thats all i have to say about this movie which has some great aviation scenes and is generally well directed with some sense of visual style.

The only casting error on this movie was casting Alice Taglioni as Capitaine Estelle 'Pitbull' Kass. She's a French actress supposedly playing an American pilot, she speaks French with a French accent ! Ridiculous! On the other hand, Rey Reyes as Capitaine Leslie 'Stardust' Hedget is far more believable : she speaks French with an American accent, like an American who learned French at school. Also, one big mistake I found in the movie : when two pilots are walking on the tarmac toward their aircrafts, one of them asks what is the mission. Don't they have briefings ? I thought fighter pilots knew exactly what their mission is before setting foot on the tarmac. Otherwise I totally loved that movie. I've seen it twice in theaters, and bought the DVD.Simon "Tuvok" Rancourt; 101th Virtual Fighter Squadron; Québec Air Force

A good film to aviation's lovers, it has excellent shots from the air,that are at least 10 times better than Top Gun's.It also presents the soul of fighter's pilots, how they feel about their jobs, again better than Top Gun. It's not an advertising film such as Top Gun.Stop comparing both.The acting is good, the footage, good, sound, good, the story has holes, indeed, but it is a nice film.And for the record: the Mirages shown in the movie would beat recent versions of F-14s. Lol.

I remember the Aeronauts from the early 70s. Badly dubbed into English, with French pilots shooting up North Africa at the drop of a croissant.This is a slick remake. Some bits of the plot was a bit hard to follow because of slightly jerky edits. But ignore that and it is s real fun film.Other people have commented on the flight and combat scenes. These are amazing, and if CGI was used anywhere I didn't spot it. (May be a low level supersonic run?) But I am not a fan of flying films, and this one almost converted me.Music is by Chris Corner (see IMDb) and is not overwhelming. This is Top Gun plus and I would recommend it. Especially as, like a lot of French films, the DVD can be picked up cheap at the end of the movie run.