Enigma [2002] (DVD)

Enigma is the title of the 2001 film starring Dougray Scott and Kate Winslet and based on the book of the same name by Robert Harris. The film centres on the work done by the cryptoanalysts of Bletchley Park, who attempted to decipher the Enigma code of the Nazis during World War II. The tale is based loosely on real facts but is a very good spy thriller, with a twist of romance added in for good measure. 1943: Bletchley Park, England. With the Germans increasing the changing rate of their codes, the cryptoanalysts are constantly working day and night to get a breakthrough, break the code and seal a victory in the Atlantic, widely thought of as the key to ...  Read the complete review

A little imagination and some true facts from the past and you have a great book or an excellent film. One author going by the name of Robert Harris done this and served up an intense book about mental breakdowns, naval convoys, codes, and obsessions in his amazing book, Enigma. After reading the book when it was first released many years back, I hoped it would be turned into a movie, and I was not dissappointed. Just like the book, the movie was intense and great. (I'll try not to reveal too much for those people who haven't yet seen the movie) For those of you people who like plenty of plot, this movie is packed with it and a little suspense, and ...  Read the complete review

Enigma was a pleasant surprise. I seem to remember hearing, probably here, that it wasn't that good. At the least I thought it would be predictable as it looks like that kind of film. However, it's actually good with some twists and turns. It was a bit 'Biggles' and 'Boys own' adventure in places, but that wasn't off putting. The film is set in 1943 at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire. Bletchley Park was the Uk's main centre of decoding intercepted Nazi radio messages. So obviously the work there was important for the war as it would help military strategy to know where German units were and what they were planning. At ...  Read the complete review

Last Saturday I went to the cinema to see AI – not my choice, but then, I wasn’t paying! Now, the more observant among you might have noticed that this is the category for Enigma, and not AI. Well, yes… you see, we got to the desk to collect our tickets and found that AI wasn’t showing as the bulb had blown – don’t ask me which bulb, all I know is that it was an expensive one and not the kind however many feminists/Irish people/whatever the joke calls for can change whether it’s funny or not. Standing at the ticket desk with a queue of people behind you is not the best place to try deciding what to see, but – against my ...  Read the complete review

At last the truth – the REAL Story behind the Enigma machine and the British 'codebreakers' who helped win the War! This film is based on the best-selling novel by Robert Harris and is pretty much an all-English affair. No Hollywood ‘tarting up’ of the story here. So what of the story? It centres around the undercover world of codes, espionage, the occasional British stiff upper lip and lots of clandestine activity. Unlike the American version of how the US Navy managed to break the codes and steal the ‘Enigma machine’ in Submarine Drama ‘U571’, here ‘Enigma’ tells of an England that ...  Read the complete review