A magnificent performance from George C. Scott as the magnificent bastard blood and guts general Patton. Sometimes this gets lumped in with the antiwar movies of the early 70s (MASH, Catch 22) but this is a horse of a different colour, showing the driven, intelligent, bigoted (against what he called ‘cowards’), narrowminded, well-read character that was Patton, presented here as a man of a different age, who was still grounded enough to beat the hell out of the German army. Very enjoyable, and enthralling.