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Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

This is a great British World War II film that is directed with escalating confidence by Dominic Burns. I heard good things about this film, so I gave it a watch on Netflix and I loved it. It has a cast put together that you would think are a real squadron,the bond and camaraderie they have. I especially loved the performances of Chris Reilly and Matt Willis. Particularly for the harrowing scene with Matt, which is perhaps has the film's most powerful moment. Who I didn't know was also an actor. This film doesn't have the budget of a Hollywood blockbuster, but this is on par with some of them. I think this helped by the director shooting a visually and well paced film with lots of action and explosions. Also having a score which is on par with the great film that is Platoon. This was a great watch, even more so if you are into your War Films.

I stumbled across this on Netflix one night when I couldn't sleep, so I gave it a shot, drawn in by the plot synopsis. Let's be clear--"Guns of Navarone" it ain't but I found it to be extremely well produced and executed, chocked full with tons of action. Hard to understand some of these British accents at times and the script was low on character development. I didn't like the ending. Without spoiling, a character dies who should not have. Better than I expected. Worth seeing if you're not going to demand much.I'm not familiar with any of the cast, but now I want to see what else they've done.

This is my first review, and I was inspired to submit it, in part, by how appalling this film is....and by other reviews giving it a favourable notice and possibly luring people into wasting a couple of hours of their lives watching what is, essentially no more than an animated teenagers comic.... such as the Commando magazines I used to colour in back in the day. The acting and direction are laugh-out- loud bad and the plot, such as it is, ludicrous. It contains all the clichés (All American hero stages a remarkable recovery from near fatal infection, comedy German accents and heroic French peasant popping up the stairs to save the day, trite dedication at the end credits) and corny dialogue. The budget battle scenes look like they were staged by the local historical re-enactment society clumped on the village green on a Sunday afternoon. This film has no redeeming features and I'd be surprised if we see any of the actors portraying the British officers at headquarters ever again. So perhaps, after all, Allies has served a purpose. Honestly, life is short. There are hundreds of better things to do with your time.

I find myself being burned quite frequently these days by the review scores on IMDb. I guess it is a testament to the sites popularity that efforts are obviously made these days to drive up scores.Personally when I see an above average score I double check on rotten tomatoes, where Allies doesn't even have a score - IE it's gone completely unnoticed into the world.Anyhoo, I won't waste your time with the plot which has been covered in other reviews. Nor will I dwell on the diabolical script / camera work etc.I'm a WW2 buff so gave this a punt, but much as I love the genre I do require a bit of realism from battle scenes and I got none of that here.For example, British para's - I was one - do NOT wear red berets in combat (for reasons I'd hope would be obvious). The soldiers in the film did, whilst they stood around in bunched groups trading pot shots with the Germans. The para who poked his up over the grass verge to take a quick peek wearing what was effectively a red lantern on his head deserved what happened, sniped of all things by a machine gunner.Whilst still under fire squaddies do not take a break to run back to a fallen comrade and squat by him - in the open - to bemoan the tragedies of war.Give this one a miss.