Reveille

Not really as good as some day. Acting is wooden. Characters are not great. Maybe we've been spoiled by such high quality big budget productions, but it's not really got any redeeming features as such. I'd not recommend. It's nice the Germans speak German, this is my preferred type of portrayal, but this doesn't event save it for me.

There are few good bits, but they don't pull it out of a low rating. It's very home made feeling, I don't know why this is. Maybe the camera angles, or the framing. Overall I agree with the lower scoring reviews here. Having watched many war films from 1943 through till modern day, I feel you will be watching a lot to score many below this one.

I have never seen a film like this, high school students could play better, the total cast is 20 person and all of them disasters. Screenshot is also bad. I don't how people can give this movie 10?! And furthermore I am a native German speaker but couldn't understand most of the talking of the soldiers, also the English is also not good. Even the uniforms of the soldiers are a bit different. The whole movie is in a cave where wounded soldiers are talking, and when they are not talking you watch them for ten fifteen seconds and nothing else happens, they look to each other's. Totally waste of time!!!

Magnificent, a truly incredible, original film. Reveille is a perfect slow burning smooth cigarette, beginning hooks you, total euphoria halfway through & state of deep reflection by the end, wanting more. This film has not been made before, I'm not typically a fan of war films-this is deeper than war, a study of humanity. The director/writer Michael Akkerman and the DP Cooper Shine are brilliant, the style and beauty of the film is mind blowing, they put you there, not only in the film but in the time period. The most special part of the film for me is it's cast, an absolutely flawless ensemble. Better than any hollywood casted ensemble film I can think of in recent history. Although they are all spectacular, Joe Bongiovanni as Leo was my favorite. Like Michael Madsen in Resevoir Dogs, he stuck out the most for me. He brings a 70s style realism in his performance that you absolutely do not see anymore. This film will change you, it's a must see. Bravo to everyone involved in this groundbreaking masterpiece.

Brilliant depiction of a soldier's experiences, one civilians can only imagine. Reveille is a throwback to the days when acting was subtle and provocative, when a mere gesture said it all, when understatement mattered. Ackerman takes us to the heart of the battlefield, to humanity in raw form in this artfully done, atmospheric depiction of war. Unconventionally, for a war flick, it slows down, pauses in all the right places underscoring the conflict of conscious, the self-preserving mechanism of laughter, the sanctity of loyalty and sacrifice, all present minus the distraction of frenetic energy and quick moving scenes. Instead, from the beginning, we agree to patience, to listen, reflect, ponder expressions, words, gestures, and all the while we're tricked by the dark humor and bonding of the Americans, but then jarred back to reality with a frequent panning of the camera to the Germans and their suffering, and so it goes back and forth, juxtaposing the two, laughter and pain, until the two are indistinguishable; and, hence, the psychological aspect, which makes it engrossing, disturbingly real, to the point where it's no longer about the enemy, or one side or the other, and war is deflated in a sense, absurdly irrelevant when weighed against a moral conscience. Masterpiece. Thank you for it!

I'm not sure what the history was exactly, but we needed more of Sgt Perez!! He was easily the highlight of the whole movie for me, well acted, and most believable. Big things coming for Nick Decorse! 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Overall, the film had its share of decent to bad acting which may take you out of it a little bit, but it is to be expected from this smaller scale of a budget. It is still very enjoyable nonetheless, and an interesting look into the history of the time as well as the different, conflicting moralities of men.

Again, Nick Decorse's portrayal of Sgt Perez remains the highlight I think is one character to definitely keep an eye on.