I had a lot of fun watching this one :)
Has similar themes to the Dirty Dozen but separates itself enough to not be a clone. Holden (playing the Lee Marvin character lol) is effective but perhaps comes up a little short. In fact I felt as though none of the cast were standouts but as an ensemble they gelled together well. The story is split like The DD and Full Metal Jacket, training and then the mission. I found myself comparing the movie to Where Eagles Dare. WED has a brilliant mission that carries tension and urgency throughout, in this film they kind of mention its tough but not much more. It seems trivialised compared to Dare. In closing, a good war film, hitting the mark where you would expect :)
Has similar themes to the Dirty Dozen but separates itself enough to not be a clone. Holden (playing the Lee Marvin character lol) is effective but perhaps comes up a little short. In fact I felt as though none of the cast were standouts but as an ensemble they gelled together well. The story is split like The DD and Full Metal Jacket, training and then the mission. I found myself comparing the movie to Where Eagles Dare. WED has a brilliant mission that carries tension and urgency throughout, in this film they kind of mention its tough but not much more. It seems trivialised compared to Dare. In closing, a good war film, hitting the mark where you would expect :)