as yes don't tell me, the proud and celebrated RAF are loosing the Battle by a long way, and there's even a scene where Churchill begins drafting out a ceasfire agreement with Hitler, but then, out of the kindness of their hearts, 3 americans arrive on our tiny island and join up with the RAF, they've seen planes flying back home and this seems to accelerate their training to one flight, in which Cruise looses engine power, and as if that wasn't enough he'd bounced by two -109s! so he glides around, and using his 20 training rpg manages to take them both down, before gliding the 50 miles back home for a perfect landing, as luck would have it he's a natural pilot!
but anyway, after he's given the Victoria Cross for his efforts, he meets a quite and reserved British postmaster's daughter, and they exchange lots of drawn out kisses and numerous lame lines, and she has to constantly remind him how greatful she is for his coming over here to save the day..........
but i digress, this is a war film after all, so onto the fighting, well it goes without saying that cruise becomes and ace in two sorties, single handedly fights back the luftwaffe after introducing his big wing and finger four formations, and is responsible for the change in tactics to the city bombing, he is so notorius amounst the jerries there's a price on his head, but alas, no one can ever shoot him down
it also turns out that when Churchill and others refer to the few they don't mean all the British and other European forces that flew in the battle, he just means Tom Cruise... who'd have guessed it?
incidentally he later goes on to come up with the idea for a bouncing bomb, before telling his idea to Wallis, but that's for annother American re-make of a film....
i think they should do it about some Polish or Free French flyiers or some of the other groups that flew, as opposed to the 7 (i believe) american pilots, i mean we're all greatful to them, but let's not take it too far, there were other nationalities in the battle..........