Fighting On Film - The War Movie Podcast!

This week, we bring you a FoF (and possibly UK) exclusive review of 'Primitive War', a new release from Sparkefilms of Australia. The film blends genres, combining elements of a Vietnam War movie and Jurassic Park to create a unique war film. Primitive War pitches a LRRP team against prehistoric Dinos! Join the boys as they talk through the new film and cover your favourite rainy day war film picks!Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt and Robbie reflect on this year's 'We Have Ways of Making You Talk' Festival! A show jam-packed with talks from some of the best historians around, top kit and equipment on display and the boys debut their quick-fire war movie name quiz!Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grab your beret and sheepskin; this week, we join John Mills and M.E Clifton James as they hoodwink the Germans in "I was Monty's Double'. The film tells the story of James' real-life impersonation of the famous General, it's a charming, funny and entertaining romp. The boys also talk through your war movie hot takes...Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Robbie is joined by aviation historian James Jefferies to look back over 'Bomber Harris', the 1989 BBC biopic on the titular Arthur 'Bomber' Harris, of RAF Bomber Command fame. The boys talk about the portrayal of Harris, your favourite military history biopics and more...Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code FoF20 at check out at for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the boys are joined by David Willey, the former curator of the Tank Museum, to cover 1966's Is Paris Burning? This co-French/American production was hand-picked by David. It attempts to tell the climactic story of the 1944 liberation of Paris. With a huge cast and epic storytelling, does the film pull it all together? Join us to find out...Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code FoF20 at check out at for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Fourth War stars Roy Scheider as he conducts a series of one man border raids against the Soviets, led by his opposite number played by Jürgen Prochnow, in this late Cold War thriller. Directed by John Frankenhiemer the film is now often overlooked. But is it a Cold War gem or does it miss the mark, join the boys to find out more...Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code FoF20 at check out at for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ice Cube stars in the newest adaption of HG Well's classic 'War of the Worlds'. This latest version reimagines the story in an interesting way - told from a Home Land Security computer screen as Martians invade the world. Featuring mass product placement, some shocking CGI and more Zoom calls than you can shake a tripod at! The boys also talk about some of their favourite Sci-Fi/Military hybrid films and TV shows.Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code FoF20 at check out at for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Train Month reaches its final stop this week with 'Detonator' staring Pierce Brosnan and Patrick Stewart. They lead a UNACO team who attempt to thwart a Russian-backed plot to deliver 2 makeshift nukes to Iraq! Train shootouts, confusing villain schemes and Nike Air Flight Lites, its all in this week's show... We hope you've enjoyed Train Month!Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code FoF20 at check out at for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Frank Sinatra stars in 'Von Ryan's Express', alongside Trevor Howard, in a P.O.W/Adventure hybrid that sees a battalion of escapees attempt to reach Switzerland, join us as train month continues! The boys also talk about films that you would recommend to people who are maybe not fans of the war genre...Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code FoF20 at check out at for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Burt Lancaster stars in 'The Train', directed by John Frankenheimer, as he works with the Resistance Fer to stop a collection of priceless art works being spirited away to Germany as the Allies close in on Paris. One of the true underrated gems of the 1960s with superb camera work and performances. The boys also talk through what films they would have liked to see on release day.Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code FoF20 at check out at for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kenneth More stars in North West Frontier, a war-adventure romp set in India in 1905. Captain Scott is tasked with escorting a young prince to safety by train, along with a colourful cast of passengers. The boys also talk your favourite war movie quotes and finally cover a film they enjoy after a near month drought!Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code FoF20 at check out at for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All aboard, it's train month this July on FoF! Our first stop is 1989's Casablanca Express, which stars Jason Connery and Francesco Quinn (sons of Sean and Anthony) who attempt to thwart a kidnap attempt on Winston Churchill in Morocco in 1943. In this Italian Euro war/Spaghetti war genre B movie.Matt and Robbie also talk through what war film moments make you shrug...Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code FoF20 at check out at for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard star in 'Allied', a Robert Zemeckis's romance/spy/war drama. The film follows two intelligence agents who meet on a mission in Casablanca in 1941, but one may not be all they seem to be...Featuring a nice amount of Mk2 Stens, with great production value and design, but does the film pull it together to become more than the sum of its arts? Join the boys to find out.Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code FoF20 at check out at for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We take to the skies over Laos for some clandestine operations in this week's show, as we cover 1990's 'Air America'. Starring two Oscar winners in Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. in a rare Vietnam War era buddy-comedy. But can they save one of the most confusing films the boys have covered in recent years?Join us to find out, they also talk through your miscast actors within the war genre...Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code FoF20 at check out at for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We kick off our new Patreon exclusive series 'War Movie Adjacent' with 1994's Clear and Present Danger. Starring Harrison Ford and Willem Dafoe as CIA men embroiled in a secret drug war in Colombia. We talk 90s film, guns, gear and printers and why we think this film fits the WMA subgenre.This first WMA episode is available to all, but after this episode, the rest of the WMA series will be Patreon-only episodes. So please consider supporting the show for as little as £2.50 per month. This new series is just one of a number of perks you'll have access to! Check out the FOF Patreon page here - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code FoF20 at check out at for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Actor Alex Brockdorff played Mikey in the recent A24 film 'Warfare', he joins us for an exclusive interview to talk about working on set and what it took to bring the film to the big screen. Alex takes us from his casting all the way through filming one of the most frenetic and impactful war movies of recent times. Alex guides us through his time working on set and shares his thoughts on the film and what it depicts in this special episode.Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code FoF20 at check out at for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Director and historian Tom Petch joins us this week to look over SAS: Rogue Heroes series 2, Tom shares his thoughts on the show and the real SAS history behind it. We also pitch Tom some questions from FoF Patreon supporters - there is no better guest than Tom to help us delve into the fascinating history behind the BBC's hit series!Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code FoF20 at check out at for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we are joined by Dr. Victoria Taylor whose debut book 'Eagle Days' is out on the 22nd! We review the 1941 German propaganda film 'Stukas', which follows the trials and tribulations of a Stuka Squadron during the battle for France and the Low Countries. We also pitch Patreon questions to Victoria and talk about what warplane we would love to see a film made about!Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code FoF20 at check out at for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we review a little known British B Movie 'Tarnished Heroes' made by the prolific Dangizer producing duo. This proto-Dirty Dozen follows a ragtag group of deserters and criminals who attempt to destroy a bridge somewhere in Normandy in 1944, under the leadership of the hard nosed Major Bell. The boys also talk about the films you would like to see in IMAX...Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code FoF20 at check out at for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Planter's Wife stars Jack Hawkins as a rubber plantation owner who is under attack by Communist bandits during the Malayan Emergency. The film is a rare depiction of a post-colonial Cold War British conflict. This film was chosen by our Patreon Supporters in April's Patreon Pick! We talk Stens, Brens and about a Mongoose!Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code FoF20 at check out at for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.