Review of Escape to Athena (1979) by Darren R — 09 Jun 2009

Just too slow with too few interesting characters. It has a nice motorcycle chase and a very amusing cameo by William Holden.

This review of Escape to Athena (1979) was written by Darren R on 09 Jun 2009.

Escape to Athena has generally received mixed reviews.

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Not the great Bank Holiday movie that it should be. The stars seem crammed in with a too contrived story. Still fun…

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By Lone W (168) on 13 Aug 2008

It was a good movie but it was kinda wierd seeing roger moore play a german especially after seeing him play all the james bond roles…

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By Gary T (2,283) on 29 Oct 2009

Well umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch............its got a good cast of actors/actressess…

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By Paul D (6,077) on 10 Jun 2007

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By Michael L (2,383) on 20 Aug 2010

No wonder we won the war, the Germans - clearly identified in their dark, scull adorned uniforms - were rubbish…

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By Ilsa W (298) on 24 May 2008

Its alright! Not high on my list of great war films tho. A bit of a rubbish storyline and a waste of some very talented actors…

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By Chris M (3,023) on 08 Aug 2007

If im honest not really a classic, in fact pretty poor, but entertaining anyway…

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This is no where a masterpiece but it entertains for a few hours (although it didnt do the careers of the famous actors any good…

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By Paim D (54) on 06 Sep 2007

THIS FILM WAS AMAZING IT SO REMINDED ME OF TOP SECRET! BECAUSE OF THE GERMANS!!! AMAZING…

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