Bravo Two Zero (1999) (TV)

Director:

Tom Clegg

Writers:

Troy Kennedy-Martin (writer)
Andy McNab (book)

Genre:

War | Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

- From Andy McNab's International Best Seller - A True Story Of The SAS Mission In The Gulf War!

Plot:

This is the true story of the most highly decorated British patrol since the Boer war: an eight man...

Plot Keywords:

SAS | Gulf War | British Army | Special Forces | Bare Chested Male Bondage

Cast

Sean Bean	...	Andy McNab
Steve Nicolson	...	Dinger
Rick Warden	...	Tony
Richard Graham	...	Mark
Ian Curtis	...	Baz
Jamie Bartlett	...	Ray
Robert Hobbs	...	Stan
Ron Senior Jr.	...	Pete
Robert Whitehead	...	Iraqi Colonel
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Caz Abrahams	...	White Socks
Nick Ashby	...	Jeral
Barry Berk	...	Cyril
Julia Booth	...	Sally
Melissa Carter	...	Katie
Dimitri Cassar	...	Iraqi Officer #1
Emma Chambers	...	Dinger's Wife
Alison Coles	...	Jilly
Kevin Collins	...	Chris
George Coutsoudis	...	Son in Taxi
Ernst Eloff	...	Iraqi Farmer
Arishaad Erreeff	...	Shepherd
Anthony Fridjohn	...	Dentist
Thomas Hall	...	Gordon
Graham Hopkins	...	Graham
Akram Ibrahim	...	Prison Governor
Brent King	...	Shepherd Boy
Maki Kossioris	...	Father in Taxi
Dehan Liebenberg	...	Loadie #1
Tim Mahoney	...	Harry
Anna Meininger	...	Melissa
Nissam Moalem	...	Taxi Driver
Alistair Prodgers	...	Bert
Nicky Rebello	...	Interrogator
Louise Saint-Claire	...	Red Cross Worker
Abdallah Sardi	...	S60 Commander
Russel Savadier	...	Iraqi Captain
Yvonne Van Den Berg	...	Woman in Bar

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

UK:115 min

Country:

South Africa | UK

Language:

English | Portuguese | Spanish

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo | 4-Track Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

The rifle Andy McNab uses in the film is an M16A2 with an M203 40mm grenade launcher - in the British army only SAS are armed with US weaponry.

Quotes:

Andy McNab: [Narrating] Of course you're afraid - anyone who says they're not are either lying or need to see a shrink. You want to make the biggest hole possible to hide in - you'd get your spoon out and start digging if that would help. But then the training takes over... you psych yourself up, check all your pouches are closed, your pockets don't open and your magazines are on tight.
Andy McNab: [Narrating] For the next hour we fought a running battle with the jundies
[British military slang for Arab enemy soldiers]
Andy McNab: as they pursued us across the plain.
[...]

Soundtrack:

By the Rivers of Babylon

A War movie that spends more time on the characters & and mission that how much was spent on special effects!

Well from what was written before, I would like to say 2 things to start: #1. I hope all people in the Netherlands aren't as ignorant as the person who wrote a review on war. And number 2, if you are going to bash a person by name, get it right, it's McNab, not McNam. Also at IMDB people want to hear what you thought about the movie, not your political ideas!

I feel this movie showed a picture of what these men went through and the bonds they make being on an SAS team. In my opinion, there really aren't many other professions that earn my respect more than Special Forces of any military. These men go into situations and places they shouldn't be, full well knowing that there is a great chance they won't make it out. I feel this movie balanced that idea with the idea that these men also understand that they have to get on with life and deal with the profession they have chosen. Instead of spending the budget and trying to impress the audience with flashy special effects and the newest and neatest gadgets in film making, this film spent more time on what happened and on the characters.

Having not read the book yet, I cannot say if it followed the book, however after watching the film it has sparked my interest to get McNab's books and also Ryan's book on the same subject.

I did find myself rewinding and turning the DVD subtitles on more than once as they filmed the movie using the British slang and way of speaking and military jargon. While this may make it a little more difficult for anyone who didn't grow up on the streets of England, I feel this added quite a bit to the realism of the movie.

If you can get past the fact it does not have flashy effects to keep some of you interested and the slang, I suggest this movie for any war movie buff.

One more comment on something our friend from the Netherlands said, I don't recall McNab saying he has a license to kill at the end of the movie. I'm pretty sure it was just "I'm a soldier". Get your facts straight.