Review of 49th Parallel (1941) by Dave J — 25 May 2014

Monday, May 26, 2014.

(1941) 49th Parallel.

SUSPENSE THRILLER/ ADVENTURE/ ESPIONAGE/ WAR.

Frustrating movie which much of the suspense centers on the 8 Nazis capture with small parts from Leslie Howard and Lawrence Olivier.

Takes place during WWII, after a German submarine U-boat was located in the Hudson Bay, Canada it then gets shot down from a Canadian war plane causing many to die. However, 8 German soldiers managed to escape, including the lieutenant calling himself Hirth, played by Eric Portman. And it is during then, they start to exploit Canadian hospitality life by pretending to be civil whenever they want only until it has met there ulterior motives and assume they have the right to take a life whenever they want, as their main objective was to escape to the American border. This set up almost reminds me about what a terrorist would do, and as a result I can only watch the first half, and finally was able to finish watching it after at least a half year later since it's a rather aggravating watch which depicts some Canadian citizens as gullible and naïve with no sense of danger who only attack only after they're attacked first. It's obvious, the movie's trying to sensationalize the Nazis point-of-view with Canada's or any other First world country with sane views, and that can be annoying since it drags the film as a whole.

2 out of 4 stars.