Even in 1962 The War Lover is a movie that was made too late. Take off some of the more cynical edge, and this is would have fit perfectly in the post-war era or even wartime. Its dramas, characters and sensibilities feel a bit dated even in the sixties. Steve McQueen plays the titular role of a cocky, bold tiebreaking pilot (is there any other in Hollywood?) who might like his job a little too much. However, like most of these war set melodramas the fighting sequences come at the predictable intervals to underline or highlight whatever is going on in the main storyline-in this case a love triangle.
Review of The War Lover
