treyintexas Review of The Shepherd

The Shepherd (I) (2023)

Painful to watch

[2/10 · 9 December 2023]

Fredrick Forsyth is a fantastic writer, so perhaps the book is worth a read.

Pros:

• Getting to see a de Havilland Comet.

• It mercifully ended after 40 minutes.

Cons: Everything else:

• Much of the film was a closeup of the pilot in the cockpit.

• The casting was atrocious. Ben Radcliffe is wholly unbelievable as an RAF pilot. His character goes from happy-go-lucky to lost, defeated puppy dog in the blink of an eye.

• The acting was truly awful. I'm still trying to figure out which emotions Radcliffe was trying to convey. There was no tension whatsoever.

• The audio was horrid. The conversation between Radcliffe and his superior was inaudible.

• There we're so many aspects that were completely unbelievable:

For example: The scheduled pilot injures his arm in a snowball fight? A snowball fight?!?

Please avoid this film.