{"product_id":"play-dirty-dvd","title":"Play Dirty [DVD]","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003ch3\u003e \u003cspan\u003eProduct description\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eNo Description Available.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGenre: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeature Film-Action\/Adventure\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRating: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePG\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e24-APR-2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedia Type: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDVD\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003e \u003cspan\u003eAmazon.com\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThere's no mistaking the 1968 mood of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlay Dirty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: this cynical war movie could only have been made during the disillusioned Vietnam era, despite its WWII subject. Michael Caine plays a British captain in North Africa, tapped to lead a suicidal mission across the desert to destroy a German fuel depot. He's got a scurvy band of mercenaries to help him (this was a year after \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Dirty Dozen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, so keep that in mind), although most of the time they seem indifferent to both the job and Caine's survival. Nigel Davenport plays Caine's black-hearted yet lethally competent assistant, possibly the most nihilistic character on the side of the good guys in any war movie. Large patches of the film play without dialogue, including a grueling sequence in which vehicles are winched up the side of a hill, but somehow this adds to the grim, fatalistic atmosphere. The hard edge suits the style of director Andre De Toth, veteran maker of many a B-picture (this was his next-to-last effort). Caine plays it repressed and close to the vest, the better to contrast with Davenport's Mephistophelian soldier of fortune. Oh, and the ending--well, you'll want to stick around for the ending. It was 1968, after all. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--Robert Horton\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Dvd","offer_id":45921465303231,"sku":"486299a4-dbbc-4161-b420-b7e04bb592f0","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/c4c6c48eb6bfd4b70cbf11ad5b74cae0.jpg?v=1785166779","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/play-dirty-dvd","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}