The defence The Adrenaline Seeker
“Momentum is a formal choice.”
The velocity sharpens instinct and tension, making every beat land before self-importance can settle in.
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Objective, Burma!
War · Adventure · Drama · 1945
A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish this well enough, but when they try to rendezvous at an old air-strip to be taken back to their base, they find Japanese waiting for them, and they must make a long, difficult walk back through enemy-occupied jungle.
Movie details
Objective, Burma!
“An American platoon parachutes into Burma to take out a strategic Japanese outpost”
1945 War · Adventure · Drama 2h 22m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
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IMDb
7.3 / 10
5.7K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
79 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
6.9 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish this well enough, but when they try to rendezvous at an old air-strip to be taken back to their base, they find Japanese waiting for them, and they must make a long, difficult walk back through enemy-occupied jungle.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over Objective, Burma!?
For the defence
The Adrenaline Seeker
“If it slows down, you check your phone.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Raoul Walsh
Written by
Alvah Bessie · Ranald MacDougall · Lester Cole
Errol Flynn
Capt. Nelson
Henry Hull
Mark Williams
George Tobias
Cpl. Gabby Gordon
Anthony Caruso
Miggleori
James Brown
SSgt. Treacy
Richard Erdman
Pvt. Nebraska Hooper
J
Joel Allen
Cpl. Brophy - Radioman
Court is in session
Put Objective, Burma! on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“Speed as an alibi.”
The film races past its weak spots and hopes acceleration will keep the audience from inspecting the evidence.