The Lighthorsemen

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Audience Member The final battle scene is riveting but the characterization and plotting that gets us there is often boring. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Magnificently filmed movie telling the true story of perhaps Australia's finest military hour. Featuring many, many of Australia's finest actors, it shows how the Australian Light Horse attacked and captured Beersheba and its vital wells on October 31 1917. Unlike cavalry, the Light Horse was an infantry unit, who used horses as a means to get to the battle, where they dismounted and then fought on foot. Beersheba was surrounded by little more than sand, tucked in perfectly to defend using the nearby dunes to force any attempt to take it to be through a killzone gauntlet of artillery, machine guns on all sides and crack riflemen. It seemed an impossible task, having been tried on numerous occasions...but the Australian's had a plan.... One of the most poignant offshoots to this movie is with one of its major stars, Jon Blake. Earmarked as 'the next Mel Gibson', as in the next aussie male actor set to take Hollywood by storm, Blake was driving away from the set after the last day of filming, swerved to avoid a car on the wrong side of the road and hit a stationary car. Blake was left paralysed and with severe brain damage and needed personal care until his dying day. Directed by Simon Wincer, the cinematography is genuinely breathtaking as is the story of a day which is not given anything like the regard it is entitled to. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member I do like a war movie with cavalry charges. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Well-told, little-known story of the last successful cavalry charge in history. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member A stirring well shot Australian Film about Australia's finest hour The Lighthorsemen. This films focuses on the Aussies that where involved with this war & what they went through physically & mentally. This film also shows their shenanigans also... It's no surprise this film is building to the final attack on the Turks at Gaza & that is shot so well & tightly. Other than a slow middle this film is enjoyable & a strong Australian film. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Brilliant Aussie movie of a true story. Must watch! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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