30 Dec 2015 08:29:10
Just made the massive mistake of watching Transporter: Refueled. I can't even begin to describe just how utter Danny Dyer it is! There is not one redeeming feature to the entire movie. It is one of the worst pieces of tripe I have seen. Appallingly bad acting added to terrible driving sequences plus embarrassing attempts at martial arts does not make a good film. I thought Transporter 2 was the low point for the series but this made that look a work of genius!

1.) 30 Dec 2015
30 Dec 2015 08:52:01
I haven't had the pleasure of watching that particular disgrace yet😉

{Ed001's Note - don't bother mate, do yourself a favour, paint a wall and watch it dry, far more entertaining.}

2.) 30 Dec 2015
30 Dec 2015 11:58:56
Cheers ed a bullet dodged.

{Ed001's Note - very much so.}

3.) 30 Dec 2015
30 Dec 2015 17:06:00
When I first read that I thought it had Danny dyer in it!!! Now that would be bad casting from Statham to dyer.

{Ed001's Note - the guy in it is dire like Dyer to be fair.}

4.) 30 Dec 2015
30 Dec 2015 17:20:56
I think I've only ever seen one Danny dyer film. Was a late night offering on one of the backwater itv channels. War film with Sean bean and a cute polish girl. It actually wasn't that bad. Solid 6/10 but predictable.

{Ed001's Note - I have to admit having seen a few and none were good.}

5.) 30 Dec 2015
30 Dec 2015 17:31:41
I wouldn't have intentionally sat down to watch it but late at night on the weekend, Sean bean, interesting premise as one character was ian Fleming. Thought i'd give it a bash.

6.) 30 Dec 2015
30 Dec 2015 23:28:05
I've seen that film, Mort1 and I was surprised by it as well. A quick Google search and it was called Age of Heroes, based on the true story about Ian Fleming putting together a commando unit during WW2. Like you it was a late at night shot but from memory it's well worth a watch.

7.) 31 Dec 2015
30 Dec 2015 23:52:46
Yeah ed7 it was pretty decent. Decent late night stuff. The training sergeant was pretty decent from what I remember. And even Danny I wanna be a cockney geezer dyer wasn't that bad considering his reputation

{Ed007's Note - If I remember right he didn't have that big a role. I might check it out again in fact :)

8.) 31 Dec 2015
30 Dec 2015 22:35:04
I think I know ed1s dream film now. A rom com with Danny dyer, christian bale and Colin firth as a trio of martial artists. I'm just stuck on casting the women. Maybe Keira Knightley

{Ed001's Note - sounds ideal to me.}

9.) 31 Dec 2015
31 Dec 2015 11:39:22
I think being around other people who can act pushed him into the background a bit. i'd go as far as to say i'd watch it again.

{Ed001's Note - high praise for a film with the Dyer one in it.}

10.) 31 Dec 2015
31 Dec 2015 12:56:49
He wasn't that bad ed. I do like a decent commando story. And the bean is always reliable.

{Ed001's Note - I do not like Bean personally, he is the same in every film. One of those who has to have the character fitted around him, rather than he fits himself to the character. If I remember correctly, the film you mention took a lot of criticism for being historically inaccurate, which is something I hate, being very interested in military history. Films like Battle of the Bulge just set my teeth on edge, so not sure I want to give this one a go.}

11.) 31 Dec 2015
31 Dec 2015 13:09:36
Well bean does know how to die well he's had plenty of practice.

Its a made up story based on a unit that's still shrouded in secrecy. Literally the available information on 30 assault unit would fill a stamp.

Having watched the film it seems like the writer took operation biting and moved it from France to Norway and threw in bits of operation grouse.

If your looking for total historical accuracy from a film ed then your going to be disappointed. Even the best war films tweak details. But if your looking for something entertaining to fill 90 minutes you could do much worse.

{Ed001's Note - there is quite a bit of information on that unit, it is just that it is all hearsay. I will probably give it a miss though, it does not sound like my type of thing at all. I would prefer them to be honest and just say they have made it up, than pretend to base it on something real.}

12.) 31 Dec 2015
31 Dec 2015 13:30:23
Well hearsay doesn't really count.

As I said, the writers took operation biting, the para raid commanded by John Frost of Arnhem fame on the radar at bruneval and moved it to Norway and threw in the conditions the Norwegian commandoes on operation grouse endured before the norsk hydro raid. So its a mishmash of two real life operations.

As entertainment late at night it did its job. Which is something more than transporter refueled or whatever its called sounds like it could do.

{Ed001's Note - very true.}

13.) 31 Dec 2015
31 Dec 2015 14:00:47
Don't suppose your into crime films at all ed?

{Ed001's Note - depends, I don't mind some, if they are just gangster stuff glorifying gangsters, then no, I have no interest in that. I don't mind some stuff that is crime related though.}

14.) 31 Dec 2015
31 Dec 2015 14:26:12
No more in terms of detection. What sort of crime stuff do you like?

{Ed001's Note - Sherlock Holmes is one of my favourite characters of all time. So anything with him in it I will watch.}

15.) 01 Jan 2016
01 Jan 2016 11:52:13
Unless the role of Sherlock is played by a Mr. D Dyer?

So what is it about Sherlock?

{Ed001's Note - I just love the character, the intellect.}