Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
Before coming to America to make such acclaimed films as Tender Mercies and Driving Miss Daisy, Australian director Bruce Beresford made a lasting impression with this compelling courtroom drama, considered one the finest films of the Australian new wave of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Based on a true story about three soldiers in the Boer War who are served up as political scapegoats of the British Empire, the film uses a flashback structure to dramatize the courtroom testimony. It begins when the three Australian soldiers are railroaded for the justified killing of a German missionary and placed on trial for court-martial not as a matter of justice, but to mollify the German government for the sake of political expediency. Burdened with a competent but inexperienced and hopelessly disadvantaged lawyer, the soldiers realize that their fate has been sealed and the outcome of their trial is a fait accompli. Unfolding with urgent precision and a riveting focus on its well-drawn characters, Breaker Morant was the all-time box-office hit in Australia at the time of its release in 1980, and it remains one of the very best historical dramas ever made. --Jeff Shannon

You will not be disappointed by this film. Great cast, great quotes, and great acting. RIP Edward Woodward.

Average Rating:

Rating: - Excellent Film
You will not be disappointed by this film. Great cast, great quotes, and great acting. RIP Edward Woodward.

Rating: - pleased
I had already seen the movie. I just wanted to buy it instead of renting it again. I was entirely satisfied with the purchase, including timeliness, condition, and service.

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Rating: - A Must-see !
This is one of the two great 'sleeper' war-movies. (the other is 'The Wild Geese' with Richard Burton and Roger Moore )

Breaker Morant was spectacular even before Blu-ray. With it, well, you know...

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Rating: - Excellent From Start to Finish
This arguably the best war movie/courtroom drama ever made. It is heartbreaking and tragic when you realize (as the characters did) that the
outcome is inevitable and that they are the scapegoats in a political manoever. The acting is flawless and the scenery simply highlights the bleek and stark reality of the end. Highly recommended.

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Rating: - 4 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:

A movie that succeeds completely as a drama, courtroom thriller, and examination of the nature of warfare, 'Breaker' Morant is quite simply a great film; intelligent, engaging, and thought-provoking, it is a movie that makes me celebrate the medium itself.

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