Hurricane (2018 film)

The pilots of No. 303 Squadron RAF, are a group of Polish fliers who have escaped from Europe, following the Nazi invasions of Poland and France, to join the Royal Air Force. Canadian RAF pilot John Kent, who became known as 'Kentowski' (Milo Gibson) has his work cut out for him when he's handed the angry and often maligned squadron to command.[3] Piloting Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft, 303 Squadron works through language barriers, cultural differences and their grief on the loss of loved ones to become highly effective in the Battle of Britain. At the conclusion of the film, the Polish pilots are told that they must leave Britain. A note advises viewers that "an opinion poll showed that 56 per cent of the English public thought the Poles should be repatriated. Many of those who did return [to Poland] were persecuted, imprisoned or sentenced to death".[4]

• Iwan Rheon as Jan Zumbach
• Milo Gibson as John A. Kent
• Stefanie Martini as Phyllis Lambert
• Marcin Dorociński as Witold Urbanowicz
• Kryštof Hádek as Josef František
• Christopher Jaciow as Zdzisław Henneberg

The script is fiction so it is not a historical depiction of all events. One news item provided this comment after researching the content of the film and the actual history: "the film attempted to stick close to fact, but the needs of dramatic action often swayed the plot into fictitious and occasionally unrealistic narratives".[5] In late 2017 and early 2018 some scenes were shot on the Kent coast at Stone Bay and Victoria Gardens in Broadstairs. [6]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film (as Mission of Honor) has an approval rating of 83% based on reviews from 6 critics, with an average rating of 5.67/10.[7]

The Review in The Guardian was mixed with a 3/5 star rating. Leslie Felperin made this concluding comment: "The lack of budget, relative to Dunkirk at least, is glaring in the aerial dogfights, and the score is too maudlin and on the nose, but director David Blair navigates the whole thing through the storm with watchable competence".[8]

Mission of Honor was released April 30, 2019 by Cinedigm on Region A Blu ray, DVD, and streaming video.

• Hurricane on IMDb
• Hurricane at Rotten Tomatoes

Olson, Lynne and Stanley Cloud. A Question of Honor: the Kościuszko Squadron in World War II. New York: Random House, 2003. ISBN 978-0-375-41197-7.

• Josef Frantisek: The Battle of Britain's Czech hero