Flyboys

The movie is about the Lafayette Escadrille in World War I. This was an organization formed by the French in 1916 that consisted of mostly American volunteers flying under the French flag (history lesson kids, United Stated entered WWI in 1917).

The movie stars one of the worst actors in American cinema today, James Franco as Blaine Rawlings. There were many other young men who also volunteered with Blaine but I can't remember their names or the actors...they all looked the same.

The American boys arrive in France and quickly begin their pilot training. Keep in mind the plane was only invented 13 years prior so even the instructors were still learning. There is one pilot from the original group that volunteered, Reed Cassidy (Martin Henderson) all of the others died in combat.

Blaine while flying with one of the other pilots their plane runs out of gas and they end up crashing and Blaine is nurse back to health by Lucienne (Jennifer Decker). They end up falling in love and he helps her family escape the Germans.

The movie's fight sequences (if you ignore the historical inaccuracies) are great! They were action packed and if it meant that James Franco didn't have to speak, even better! I was confused because they really didn't focus on the other pilots so when they were in combat I wasn't sure who was killed except maybe two. Now don't be expecting a plot..it is mostly a combat movie I give this movie a 5 out of 10 just based on the action.