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So much average

Absolutely brilliant

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.

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

Let's see...Atrocious acting, overweight soldiers, pristine uniforms, non-period costume elements, ultra-low budget effects... It must be a re-enactor film!It would be much too time-consuming to point out all of the gross errors in this film, but my favorite part is when Klaudia, a German nurse, jumps into the machine gun pit and starts shooting at the Americans with an MG-42. Here are just a few of the many, many other things that were wrong with the script:> Many scenes take place in a large, multi-story, walled prison facility near Omaha Beach. No such place existed in 1944, and still doesn't.> Civilian police (Gestapo) have authority over the military.> A private in the 29th Infantry Division on Omaha Beach has the helmet insignia of the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division on his helmet> The private mentioned above addresses his sergeant as "Sir".> The sergeant then says, "We gotta get off this beach, our Airborne is taking a hell of a pounding!" How does he know what the Airborne is doing? Why is he concerned about the Airborne instead of his objective? The Airborne troops are all over Normandy, too far inland for him to assist them with anything! I would love to have enough money to make a ridiculously unrealistic film and run around in my WWII-era uniform. It looks like it was a lot of fun for the re-enactors and vehicle collectors in the cast, and the whole thing was clearly done in only one take, so no one would have been waiting around between takes and getting bored. I also like how they threw in a token Brit to be politically correct, but give no explanation as to why he's there.It's interesting that the female lead (Klaudia Schiller, portrayed by Claudia Crawford) was left out of the credits. I know her acting was terrible, but so was the acting of everyone else in the film, and they credited all of them. At least her character's name was the same as her real first name so she wouldn't get confused when she was being addressed in the film. I wonder if they just licked her lips and stuck her to a wall when she wasn't needed for a scene.

Saw this on TV and at first thought I might switch channel because of the low budget feel. However, as I watched it I became engaged by the depiction of honour and decency in the lead character, a tough German veteran of the Russian front. This enabled me to enjoy the film. Interestingly, it is more sincere and accurate in many details than much more slick productions I have seen. They didn't have many tanks, but the Russians were in T34s, the Germans had a Tiger, and the Americans rolled up in Shermans. My sympathy for the old fashioned values depicted (and appreciation of the quality of German infantry, albeit in a heinous cause), made it worthwhile for me.

I have unfortunately squandered 1h40 of my life which I shall never get back. This is by far the worst film I have ever seen.The general plot was made worse by the historical inaccuracies that, despite being a low budget film, should have been addressed. Even in the first few minutes on the Eastern Front seeing an immaculately clean grey Tiger tank next to a APC in the mid 1944 dark yellow cameo scheme made me cough up my drink. Such basic detail. The accents were pathetic and in line with those of Enemy at the Gates when Bob Hoskins introduces himself as Khrushchev in the most Cockney accent possible. And two landing craft on D-Day? If you've got a cheap budget, don't be over-ambitious like in this film where we can't help but be drawn to the constant mistakes plus the poor acting.What a useless film!!!

I streamed this awful movie from Sony's "Video Unlimited" service. To say that I was speechless after just ten minutes of watching this movie would be an understatement. The trailer, of course, looked good. Lots of action and nice soundtrack so I streamed it for $3.99! As stated by another reviewer, I would have been better off renting it for a dollar at RedBox, but who knew it would be so bad. The acting was so bad I thought maybe it was supposed to sound that way. You know...everyone shell-shocked from the war or something! Yikes! I could barely finish it. There was no character development. That is to say, you couldn't feel anything for anyone being portrayed in this movie. Total trash. Don't even waste a dollar.