“Harrowing Air Battles”

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What You Need To Know:
Episodes 3 and 4 of MASTERS OF THE AIR have many intense, suspenseful moments. The air battles are harrowing. The whole production is superbly crafted and acted. MASTERS OF THE AIR has strong moral, Pro-American, patriotic values. The brave airmen are committed to defeating Hitler’s war machine, despite everything they must endure. Sadly, Episode 3 has lots of foul language, twice that of Episode 4. Also, Episode 4 has a steamy bedroom scene that gets explicit. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises extreme caution for Episodes 3 and 4 of MASTERS OF THE AIR.
Content:
Strong moral, patriotic worldview overall of American airman fighting German National Socialist forces during World War II, with some light Christian references including a scene with a chaplain and some airmen;
20 obscenities (including four “f” words), six profanities mentioning Jesus, two GD profanities, two light profanities in Episode Three, and 13 obscenities (including one “f” word) and three light profanities in Episode 4;
Lots of war violence during two bombing raids as bombers hit anti-aircraft flak, some of their engines go out, and German fighter planes attack them and they shoot back, with many explosions and some blood, plus Resistance soldiers have to shoot a German spy;
No sex in Episode 3, but Part 4 has a steamy fornication scene between an unmarried couple;
No nudity in Episode 3, an image of rear female nudity in bedroom scene and images of upper male nudity in bedroom scene, in medical scenes and as airmen wait in desert area for transport;
Scenes of alcohol use;
Tobacco smoking, but no drugs; and,
Downed airman lies to other people about how he had to abandon his plane, leaving another airman who was stuck in the bowels of the plane.
More Detail:
Major Cleven and Major Egan lead a mission deep in Germany to destroy a ball bearing plant. The group is supposed to fly an escape route to North Africa, where a transport will pick them up to take the survivors back to England. Not everyone males it, however. Some men die and one airman, Sergeant William Quinn, parachutes to safety in Belgium just before his B-17 explodes.
The Resistance leaders on the ground give Quinn a choice. Surrender to the Germans as an airman and be sent to a prison camp. Or, sneak through the countryside to freedom in Spain. If he takes the second choice, however, the Germans will shoot him as a spy if they catch him.
In Episode 4, Egan is sent to London for some needed rest, where he woos a Polish war widow who fled the Germans when they invaded. They comfort each other. Meanwhile, Major Cleven and his men are given a second chance to bomb the submarine pens at Bremen, but the mission doesn’t go as planned.
Down on the ground, Sergeant Quinn and another downed airman take a train to Paris. Danger lurks everywhere for them.
Episodes 3 and 4 of MASTERS OF THE AIR have many intense, suspenseful moments. The battles in the air are harrowing, and the whole production is superbly crafted and acted.
MASTERS OF THE AIR has a strong moral, Pro-American, patriotic worldview The airmen are committed to defeating Hitler and his war machine, despite all the difficulties, trauma and sacrifice they must endure. At the same time, however, they make every effort to survive.
Sadly, Episode 3 has lots of foul language, twice as much as Episode 4. Also, Episode 4 has a steamy bedroom scene that gets briefly explicit. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises extreme caution for Episodes 3 and 4 of MASTERS OF THE AIR.