Rachel Ward

"A phenomenal piece of contemporary TV (...) His unsettling mixture of nostalgia and melancholy hits harder than ever before (…) Rating: ***** (out of 5)"  

"It holds a charming spirit and a captivating story, which entertains more readily than some of its modern counterparts (…) Rating: **** (out of 5)"  

"Samuel Peckinpah drank four bottles of whisky a day while filming his only war movie, but clearly it did nothing to diminish the power of his last masterpiece"

"It looks amazing, and the complex treatment of the issues marks it out from the shoot-'em-up standards of the time"