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I watched it through to the end. That's something. Especially since, in the opening scene, American GIs are firing bolt-action rifles as though they were M-1 semi-automatics, never once working the bolt. As the movie shows, they HAD at least one old Garand on set, that they could have used in that scene accurately, but no. The script delivered a sprinkling of facts about the First Special Service Force, and then ladled on a ton of malarkey. I won't address the fact that the set looked the same no matter where anyone was supposed to be, thousands of miles apart, and others have rightly criticized defects in costuming, weaponry, etc. I'll only say that, when the main Nazi bad guy stands TWICE out in the open, once marvelously silhouetted by the skyline, at, for the military, very close range, and highly trained commandos can't hit him, with an aimed Garand, a BAR, even the supernaturally accurate submachine guns, while your random, unaimed snap shots are taking out Germans who are firing from cover, well ... There are other, more egregious crimes against history, good movie making, and the laws of physics in this movie, but we'll leave it at that. The closing scene, I can say without spoiling the movie, was particularly wrong headed. Having read three books about the FSSF, I can say that anyone with a smattering of that information could have crafted a screenplay better than what was served up, with the same guns, costumes, and characters, and made a decent movie out of it, since their ACTUAL exploits still rate as fantastic, without exaggeration, to this day.

They should have spent some money on research on the weapons or sacked the person responsible for it and hire a 5 year old kid in the first 5 minutes you are treated to a squad of soldiers with bolt action foam rifles be fired as if they were m1's that was the most I could stand with out smashing the screen on my TV.

If you watch this and enjoy it you are to thick to read this review they did seem to spend dome money on the effects on wounds the best being a nice neck shot on a GI sending blood flying every where but that was no where enough to make me watch any more than five minutes of the utter dribble they call a movie.

don't watch this if you know anything about WWII, military tactics, firearms, rank, insignias, know which way a swastika hangs, know there is a difference between the 101'st airborne and the 82nd airborne and members of the 82nd don't wear 101st patches or if it would bother you if you saw a new clean living room set in a bombed out WWII village. or , when concrete railroad ties started to be used on railroads. do watch this is you like cleavage and, in all fairness, there are two great hand to hand/knife fights in it. near the end of the movie our hero has to fight two bad guys, the spy and the guy protecting the spy. oh, and if you know your Vietnam war area military vehicles, close your eyes during the garrison scene.

On the cover it says: Based on real events. Must say it was a lot of fictional reality in this movie. This was a disgrace to all WWII films. And all the real heroes who fought for freedom during World War II. Low-budget movie or not? there is nothing that is correctly in this movie. uniforms, vehicles, weapons, and the fact that the movie is being filmed on the wrong side of the earth. but when the whole story. is a historical lie.

Scott Martin, get a job, stop making stupid adventure, write that they are based on real events, it's bullshit. I've seen a lot of bad movies in my life. But this is absolutely the worst. The script is more fictional than the Bible itself. My opinion is, do not watch this movie, it's terrible. A shame for the truth. For God's sake, make a low-budget film, pretend you are on the other side of the globe, with bad costumes, wrong weapons, least talented actors in the universe. But praise is not on the cover, and say the movie is based on real events. It is a sin to make the adventure of something that has been a true hell for so many innocent people.

Sorry for my bad English, but the film was probably worse?

The director, writer, producer and those who funded this film did the men of the "First Special Service Force" a dishonor even mentioning them in this film.

From the beginning to the end this film was poorly done. The acting was horrible, the military tactics and language was wrong. Everything about this movie appeared as if it was done by someone who played war video games on line, instead of actual experience.

My suggestion would be, next time talk to a few real vets and don't use the name of a unit that has such a legacy to try and pawn off your film as historically pertinent.

The reason I rented this movie was because it supposedly portrayed a historical moment in military history when in actuality all it portrayed was poor acting, slipshod research and nothing historical at all.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

This movie looks like it was written, acted, and filmed by high school students who like to dress up and play soldiers to post on YouTube. It is all bang bang and since none of the Germans can hit the side of a barn at 100 yards while all the Americans are marksmen with the exception of missing the Nazi SS officer who stands still while all his men run for cover, it has to be wondered why it took so long for the Americans to cross the Rhine during WWII. It has all the hallmarks of an amateur production. One's reaction to this movie can be summed up in one sentence; Do yourself a favor and give it a miss. I give it one star because it is as bad as it can get. Were the schoolchildren to submit this to their drama teacher it would have to get an F.

My dog has never had an accident in the house since we trained him. This was the first time in 3 years. I ignored that omen and tried to watch this movie... I should have heeded the omen. I enjoyed cleaning up the dog crap more than the 10 minutes I watched of this film.

My tolerance for bad movies is high. I made it through Telephone and Spaced Invaders. My favorite movie has a whopping 2.9 on this site. Do not watch.

One of the baddest movies I have ever seen. How Tom Sizemore cold sign up for garbage like this after doing so well in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN is beyond me. The plot is unreal, the action clearly fake, the special effects juvenile and the characters caricatures. The train yard scene would be hilarious if it wasn't so repellent. The director should be prohibited from making another movie EVER. The bad guy with the gimp leg is one of the most ludicrous characters to ever disgrace the movie industry, and the calling out of targets on the road while driving is pathetic. British boor - ism is evident and disgusting. The script writer should be shot for writing this load of horse dung.