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Commando - On The Front Line [2007]

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Binding : DVD
EAN : 5037115273932
Label : ITV DVD
Manufacturer : ITV DVD
Publisher : ITV DVD
Release date : 2008-01-21
Title : Commando - On The Front Line [2007]
Audience rating : Suitable for 15 years and over
Format : PAL
Number of items : 2
Original release date : 2007-01-01
Region code : 2
Running time : 213
Studio : ITV DVD
Theatrical releaseDate : 2007

Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-10-13 rating:

If you want to join the Royal Marines or the RMR, watch this!
Excellent double DVD by a very talented (and fit) filmmaker. Chris Terrill really captures the trials and tribulations facing new recruits into the Royal Marines as well as the front line realities of modern troop warfare in Afghanistan. If you have any thought of joining up, watch this to get a "real" idea of what's involved, from ironing to lung busting physical exertion and onwards to ops.
If you're trying to get or stay fit and losing motivation, watch Chris' own attempts to be awarded an "Honoury Green Beret". Simply excellent.

review by: commando date: 2008-10-12 rating:

A Must Watch
I thought that this series was brilliant. It really gave a great in sight to how the royal marines is structured and controlled. Whilst watching i found myself getting really involved and it inspired me to get fit and aply myself. definately a must watch.

review by: date: 2008-08-10 rating:

Interesting - yet a git too long
Interesting. Interesting to see what the famous training is. And it is really very tough. Extremely tough. Interesting to see how the officers have fun blacking out the silhouettes from the photo. Interesting to see the real fight and the skills taught used live in Afghanistan.

Yet the 8 episodes and the extra (I didn't whatch it - I had enough) is too much. It is repetitive, and despite all the respect I have for these men, it is boring to see the same thing over and over again.

I liked it, but would have loved it if it had been 4 episodes instead of 8.

review by: kezzez date: 2008-03-22 rating:

The best of the lot
There are a few of these type of documentaries available at the moment, however this has to be the best because you get to see the recruits from start to finish (no matter how they end up) from bumbling idiots to Royal Marines for a few of them and on the first train home after a few days for the chaps who were out of their depth. I liked the fact that the camera is in the new recruits faces as they step off of the train onto the platform.

The best part of this dvd is the extras, (well extra). This is where the film maker decides to get stuck in and do the training himself and at 55 years of age what he achieves is truly remarkable.
Me and my mate found ourselves shouting at the television for the old guy to kick it in the guts and get his arse over those monkey bars!

review by: date: 2008-02-25 rating:

a brilliant insight into being a Commando
I loved the series. As a person planning to go to Sandhurst, I found the show very informative on the situation in Afghanistan better than any news article I read. The DVD helps paint a picture of the problems faced by frontline soldiers. My only criticism of the show is that ITV didn't commission longer episodes (22mins for all but the first episode), but I can live with that. A top rate series and the bonus documentary were inspiring.

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