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I'm was very surprised to find that I enjoyed this movie a lot more than I expected, after the show which I thought was OK I wasn't expecting too much when I sat down to watch this.

Oh boy, was I wrong.

I'll get the boring part out of the way, the plot is there just to fill in the time between the tank battles. Much like your average Jackie Chan film, the plot is there just to fill in the gaps between those awesome fight sequences he is so well known for.

It's the tank battles we are all looking forward too and this film delivers ... in spades. If you thought some of the stuff they got up too in the show was overboard, you ain't seen nothing yet. Explosions, impossible tank manoeuvers, explosions, no consideration for safety, explosions, impossible tank manoeuvers and even more explosions (yes, I did repeat myself more than once).

The opening sequence takes up almost a 1/4 of the films running time (yes, you read that right) and none of it is boring either, the use of CGI here really fits in with the look of the show, the tanks really work well in this form with the only let down being the commanders who look out of place riding on top of their tanks. There are attempts at giving the cast more meat to their bones but that's just the plot bits I mentioned earlier to fill in the gap before the next battle.

To put it simply, if you enjoyed the show than you will have no complaints about the film as the action is taken up several notches and on occasion runs riot.

I now have an urge to find a video game that lets me command a tank.

Panzer vor.