Review – The Dam Busters

For the most part this is a fascinating British production about RAF efforts to destroy dams in Nazi Germany and flood vast industrial areas. The story follows two heroes: the scientist who comes up with the odd, bouncing bomb designed to find its way to the dam’s most vulnerable spot and the pilot in charge of the airmen who will have to pull of the precise flying required to deliver it. The two men working together and separately in their respective areas of expertise are an excellent model for the high-tech warfare born during World War Two and even more crucial during the Cold War raging when this movie was made in the mid-50s. The detail is so minute that it would probably have become dull after awhile if it hadn’t been so well-woven into the plot. If only the pilot’s dog hadn’t had such an unfortunate name. Mildly amusing