Vietnam war feature film produced by Cannon, directed by Chuck Norris' brother and starring American Ninja Michael Dudikoff!West Point graduate lieutenant **Jeff Knight** meets cynicism when taking command of sergeant **Michael McNamara's** tour veterans platoon in a Vietnamese trench camp. Unlike his predecessor, who hid till the end of his tour, Jeff takes [...]
Film for the writers - clean and precise!When your job is to walk up to the house of a total stranger, ring the bell and inform them that their child has been killed in combat, it is hard to stay cold and calm. The film develops the two messengers as they meet survivors, notably Samantha Morton as a new widow, and Steve Buscemi as an angry father. >This is a [...]
Absolutely routine romance and heroics but with Humphrey Bogart! Matt Brennan runs into Jo Holloway, the Red Cross girl he romanced in Europe when he was a flyer in World War II, when he is offered a job by jet manufacturer Leland Willis as a test pilot. Carl Troxell, wants to sell an escape cockpit to the Air Force. He wants Matt to stall the presentation o [...]
Excellent court room drama! American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified. Having been stationed at Tempelhof Central Airport in the 1980s, this movie had particular significance. The book is a difficult read--full of legal terminology and political machinations, but in short--the story of a Jew [...]
The lack of evidence for Hitler's Death in Berlin is very strange - there is just as much evidence that Hitler escaped to Argentina! Historians tell us that Adolf Hitler and his wife Eva committed suicide in Berlin in 1945. But across Argentina, in the files of the FBI and in the words of the eyewitnesses a different story emerges that makes it impossible to [...]
Rambo clone! When the American soldiers went home from Viet Nam (that's how they spell it) in 1969, not everyone got out in time. The highly skilled soldier Steve Shepard aka "White Ghost" (William Katt) has lived out in the jungle for 15 years, and has even made a nice tree-house for himself and his Asian girlfriend Thi (Rosalind Chao), who is pregnant with [...]
A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within! In the year 180 A.D., the emperor Marcus Aurelius, who led his Roman legions against the Germanic tribes along the Danube frontier, has been at war for 17 years and lived under very difficult conditions Now he invited every governor, every consul and every prince [...]
Original Uncut British Release of one of the best adventure movies In northwestern India soon after the turn of the 20th Century, Moslem rebels seek to kill a six-year-old Hindu prince to end his family line. Captain Scott of the British Army is ordered to get the prince out of the region safely. Adventure ensues as Scott sneaks the child away, through Mosle [...]
A fine and evocative war film with an excellent cast! Not a conventional war movie but a VERY British close up at the inter-personal relationships during WW1 before the Battle of The Somme. The Battle is known for the senseless sacrifice of such a great number of Irishmen - from the 36th (Ulster) Division and the 16th (Irish) Division. Not much new here that [...]
Better-than-average Pasta taste of the Vietnam WarDuring the Vietnam war, an army sergeant rebels against his tyrant commanding officer, whilst they are cut off by the enemy in the jungle. Things get worse for all of them after that.There are a number of memorable, stand-alone scenes throughout the picture. One, in which the Captain and his cohorts discuss f [...]
American soldiers versus Invisible warrior in deep forest of VietnamWhile the senseless war rages on in the lush and pathless rainforests of Vietnam, the frail bounds between reality and pure fiction warp, as a battle-scarred platoon of American G.I.s find themselves up against an invisible and well-prepared adversary. Witnesses claim that the lethal foe is [...]
By the time of "Fear and Desire", Stanley Kubrick had already logged a certain amount of filmmaking practice directing shorts. Still, he could never quite get over his own perception of the movie, which he made at age 24 fresh from his job as a photographer at Look magazine. He considered the film "a bumbling amateur film exercise" and "completely inept oddi [...]
A French veteran of World War II remembers a particular day of his life…An immersive and visceral cinematic experience capturing one man’s epic adventure of survival and the extraordinary power of human’s spiritRemembering The FallenShort film Written & Directed by Julien GrincajgierWith Laurent Delay Jean-Pierre Dauphin Anthony Vuignier Marie Legault [...]
Forget Stallone and Arnie, Reb Brown is the King!While operating behind enemy lines, Sergeant Mike Ransom learns of a Russian presence in North Vietnam. Ordered to obtain proof of this discovery, Ransom returns to enemy territory but is captured and subjected to a variety of tortures. Eventually he escapes to continue his mission despite being hampered by a [...]
Brittish commandos behind Nazi linesThe mission: The Brittish have to carry out a plan hatched by Churchill himself to blow up a French dam, by bringing in commandos led by the twin brother of the German commander.Director: Maurizio PradeauxStars: Richard Harrison, Klaus Kinski, Pilar Velázquez, Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Casablanca Express assumes an almost historic docu-drama style from its start ... but picks up a good intellectual interest and suspense which Hitchcock would savor for its subtle 'dry' approach. The plot entails a special American and Allied military intelligence detail escorting PM Winston Churchill to his wartime casablanca Conference with pres. Franklin [...]
Allies versus Nazis in the sands of SaharaGerman commandos are dropped behind enemy lines in the Sahara Desert tasked with getting to Casablanca in an assassination attempt on allied leaders. Splendid plot idea, but a little more work on it might have made the difference: some scenes are just too simplistic; when they enter the house of the French officer's [...]
Sink The Bismarck (1960) is one of the best war time epic movieIt was a movie, and despite whatever pro-British, anti-German bias and historical flaws it had, it was one of the best post-war movies in many other respects. It depicted the Admiralty War Room planning and chess game as well as could be expected, the personal sub-plots were perfect and not so o [...]
Plot:The Red Baron is a film about Manfred von Richthofen, the most feared and celebrated pilot of the German air force in World War I. To him and his companions, air combats are events of sporty nature, technical challenge and honorable acting, ignoring the terrible extent of war. But after falling in love with the nurse Käte, Manfred realizes he is only u [...]
Plot:American parachute commandos are sent to destroy a German flame thrower installation on Omaha Beach. Murphy is skeptical of his mission's practicality, but Strobel is fanatically dedicated to destroying the base, and the two butt heads several times before the film's bullet-ridden climax.Hell in Normandy (1968) Review:This was an Italian-French co-produ [...]
Plot:War Devils tells a story of a German and American Captain who help each other survive the North African desert during WWII. They meet again a year later during combat operations in France. A German Captain and American Captain help each other survive the North African desert during WWII. They meet again a year later during combat operations in France. [...]
Plot:Paths of Hate is a short tale about the demons that slumber deep in the human soul and have the power to push people into the abyss of blind hate, fury and rage.Paths of Hate (2010) Review:An extended action sequence, Paths of Hate is 10 minutes long, and introduces a surreal turn of events that audiences either love or hate. The film drops you right in [...]
8 (2010) - Soldiers Outwitting Each Other In A Game of Cat and Mouse 8 (2010) - In the depths of a snowy forest in an unknown wartime, two soldiers from opposing armies try to outwit each other in a perilous game of cat and mouse - until they find themselves outplayed by destiny. "8" is visually great short film with amazing location, costumes and some unex [...]
Sort (No Man's Land) (2014) - The Horrors of World War ISort (No Man's Land) (2014) - The CG animated film is set during World War I in 1916, and the story centers on two Danish soldiers in the German army. One of the soldiers has a burnt, deformed face, and the two are stranded in a bomb shelter on the Western Front. From a historical view the soldiers were [...]
The Weight (2012) - Ex-Union soldier Confronts former ConfederateThe Weight (2012) - Lew Temple, who plays Marshal Jack Doven, has appeared in feature films such as "The Devil's Rejects" and "Lawless." He found the Marcotte Brothers' post for actors on L.A. Craigslist and auditioned via Skype with Trevor, who was living in Monterey, CA at the time. Ex-Union [...]
Escape From Sobibor (1987) - True Story of escape from the Nazi Death CampEscape From Sobibor (1987) - The historical recreation of the escape from the Nazi Death Camp Sobibor, where approximately one-quarter million Jews were executed. Of approximately 600 prisoners who attempted escaped in October 1943, around 300 succeeded. However, nearly all were ultima [...]
1943. Thousands of feet above Northern Europe a small plane carries a skeleton crew of the Allies best, including special operative captain Joseph Colburn. His handler, major Thomas Hardy does a final review of the mission's grim intel: infiltrate a mysterious villa on the Polish border and uncover its secrets. Colburn emerges donning a prototype suit, whic [...]
In order to cope with the battle around him, the soldier in a trench during the first world war, becomes paralyzed with fear. imagines a land where toy soldiers kill only balloons, shoot daisies from their rifles, and receive chocolate coin medals. But even in his imagination, he can't escape the horrifying truth about war and what it costs the people who fi [...]