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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Rent it, don't buy it,
This review is from: Foreign Legion [DVD] [2005] (DVD)
The ability of a camera crew to follow legionaires in training is fairly special. Unfortunately, the camera crew does not appear to have done enough background research to breathe into the documentary a true feeling of what it's really like in the Legion. There is no feeling of the elitism that goes with being a Legionaire, no 'explanation' of why people join the legion and/or what legionaires do once in the Legion. If the video was to track a select group of British recruits, more about the recruits themselves would have told us something about what was in their heads before, during and after they signed up. There is so much that could have been covered by the camera - and that the Legion would have been proud to have talked about or shown - and yet, it's not. I get the impression the camera crew and producer could have done with spending a few quid on a book or two about the Legion before showing up to start the documentary. Nevertheless, is it worth watching? For sure! Is it worth buying to keep? Sorry, no.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
If you're considering joining you've to check out this video,
By A Customer
This review is from: Foreign Legion [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This video consists of two parts. The first one follows an English guy from the moment he knocks on the door of Fort Nogent and tells the guard that he wants to join La Legion Etrangere. We also see the selection procedures and some of the rigours of Basic Training. It ends with the presentation of the Kepi Blanc. Only then can the new recruits call themselves Legionnaires. The second part tells of the jungle training in French Guiana. We see how the legionnaires are trained to survive in the jungle and how they celebrate one of their many festivities. The first part of the video is very useful for those of us who are seriously considering joining. It gives us an insight of what to expect when walking through the gates for the first time. The second part is good also but I would have loved to see something about the other regiments as well.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Made in the early 80's and it shows,
By Spilsbury (UK, Liverpool) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Foreign Legion [DVD] [2005] (DVD)
This DVD is a truncated version of a mini series in the early 80's which in part chronicled the admission of a young Scotsman, who the series followed but in this DVD promptly disappears pretty much at the Marseilles fort front door!
It shows the process of admission and then the selection process to weed out the weak. The myths about criminals being allowed to join are debunked. They don't if the Legion has any say so, although how they would apply such stringent criteria to recruits from countries with poor infrastructure and high levels of corruption is another matter. What is amazing is how tidy and modern looking the Legions barracks and training camps are, spartan but impressive nonetheless. They put the UK to shame, and this is 30 years ago! Singing and comradeship and unswerving fidelity are hammered home by tough NCO's whose corporal punishments other than endless press-ups, are not revealed. Singing and singing in note is very important in training as is learning the French language quickly. Up and down the training hill go the lads as they hit bum notes singing stirring Legion songs. Some of which apparently are from the Waffen SS bizarrely. A trip to French Guyana is the central feature of the DVD- hellish and arduous training in swamps, controlled exposure to crocs and snakes as jungle warfare training gives the viewer a taste of the life. No more than that though. Then it Kepi Blancs on and a finish with cheesy comments by a fairly dubious Irishman, after an extraordinarily camp and yet macho drag show, which is the French post jungle training equivalent of a night out on the lash. A bit of rumpy down the brothels is made in passing, but the Legion are awfully polite chaps as the film makers emphasise with their attention to the needs of the local Guyanese. A reasonable DVD, although I remember the series more fondly and DID then want to join the Legion. After this I wont be leaving my wife and child for the 'lure of the lesion' as i think i have had all the jungle training i can endure with the old Boa!
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