Review of Kings Go Forth

6/10
Until some technical difficulty, I thought Kings Go Forth was a really compelling drama
12 July 2010
After weeks of taping this off the THIS movie channel, I finally watched Kings Go Forth on my DVR. It's World War II in France as an officer played by Frank Sinatra gets a recruit who's an expert in radio in Tony Curtis. During a weekend pass, Sinatra goes to the country village and meets Natalie Wood who goes on dates with him. After several other passes, he also meets her mother (Leora Dana) and declares love for her. She doesn't reciprocate. I'll just say that a secret is revealed and Curtis later gets involved. For a while, I thought this was a straight through war story with some of the battle scenes in the beginning but then gets more into the romance side before going back to battle again. Concerning the love story, when things go to a head and one smacks the other, I was really riveted and wondered how it would tie with the war story. Unfortunately, after the confrontation about one killing the other, as another battle with the Germans was under way, the TV screen went black with the audio on as moving pictures flashed back and forth with them freezing each time, even during commercial break. As it continued this way through the end, I can't right now say how compelling this drama really was. It was fine before that, though. So on that note, right now I'm giving Kings Go Forth a 6.
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