Die Jagd nach dem Stein des Schicksals (2008)

Die Jagd nach dem Stein des Schicksals: Directed by Charles Martin Smith. With Charlie Cox, Kate Mara, Stephen McCole, Ciaron Kelly. The story of Ian Hamilton, a dedicated nationalist who reignited Scottish national pride in the 1950s with his daring raid on the heart of England to bring the Stone of Scone back to Scotland.

“Scotland 1950. Student Ian Hamilton, frustrated by what appears to be a lack of spirit in the people of Scotland, hatches a plan to steal the Stone Of Destiny from Westminster Abbey, and bring it home….u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie is based on a book written by Hamilton himself. Now, Iu0026#39;ve not read it, so Iu0026#39;m not sure what the author will think of the finished movie, but I enjoyed it. Written for the screen and directed by Charles Martin Smith, this is Scotland as portrayed by Americans. Itu0026#39;s a romantic, sweeping place, full of downtrodden Scots. Itu0026#39;s a view of Scotland that you only ever see in the movies. However, it fits the mood of the piece, as this movie does have an old-fashioned feel about it. It recalls the Ealing movies of the u0026#39;50s, with the whole thing if not played out for laughs, then certainly with a lot of humour in the drama.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe robbers, as portrayed by Charlie Cox, Kate Mara, Ciaron Kelly and Stephen McCole, come over as enthusiastic, if bumbling students who manage to steal the Stone through luck as much as anything else. The movie definitely sides with them.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe cast which also includes Robert Carlyle, Peter Mullan and Billy Boyd are very good indeed, even if some of the accents donu0026#39;t convince.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIu0026#39;m not sure how historically accurate the movie is, but as a movie, while it does have an old-fashioned feel, it is enjoyable and good natured, and like Braveheart before it, make you proud to be Scottish!”