So much so in fact, that it’s almost as though cinema hasn’t moved on from those heady bank holiday afternoons.ģ03 Squadron is a check-list of all the war-film clichés. This latest such offering, ‘Hurricane: Squadron 303’, very much feels like a continuation of that segment. However, its most memorable segment features a rag-tag rabble of ill-disciplined Polish fighters who defy the expectations of their stuffy RAF officers to outgun their hapless German adversaries in the skies above England.
The latter was notable for its brilliant aerial combat scenes and a blonde-bombshell leading lady. Glorified tales of heroism and struggle in regular viewings of Zulu, Bridge over the River Kwai, and of course 1969’s Battle of Britain. Like many British boys, public holidays back home were often spent watching classic war films with my dad or uncles.
