The Hill
probably the best film Sean Connery has been in, and an absolutely brutal and dark war film that is not for the faint hearted. Annoyingly it was discontinued 4 years ago so almost impossible to get on dvd, but worth a watch if you ever see it on.

It is based in a disciplinary camp in north africa during WW2 where the most evil gaurd you will ever see makes the convicts march up and down a hill in full pack, and deals out some seriously sadistic beatings to the prisoners. think of all those war films where the new recruits get dehumanised and abused during training including Full Metal Jacket etc etc. This film takes all of those "brutal army segreant major shouts and bullies the newbies" type films, sets fire to them, pisses them out, waits for them to dry out and then sets fire to them again, then kicks the fire out with a pair of size 12 hobnails.

A classic, and a very hard to find classic at that.
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 21 Jul 2008, 12:48, 2 replies)

best connery film?
got to be Zardoz, of course!
(Chad, Mon 21 Jul 2008, 12:51, closed)

Its...
.. a cracking film.
(TC, Mon 21 Jul 2008, 12:56, closed)