Spoiler * Why do they Still produce Rubbish like this*

Rating: 1/10 (9 April 2015)

I don't know why in this day and age anybody would make a movie this bad. There are plenty of books, military advisers etc who can help by putting realism into these movies and by this I don't just mean the equipment and blood and guts I mean tactic's, standards of dress and military behavior etc. Good parts of the movie are few and far between. They did use a real Tiger Tank in the movie and it is massive. They did use real Sherman's and it seemed even the half tracks and anti tank guns looked correct.And at a time when superiority of the air was totally in the Allies hands it was nice to see Mustangs doing a fly over (once). Apart from that the movie failed badly. I suggest people read books that are available to get real pictures of what happened. There are a lot of books written in English now from the Germans point of view and you would see how much different it is from the Hollywood version. There is also a good book written by Belton Cooper titled :Death Traps, all about the 3rd armored Div. Its quite a bit different from what you see in this movie. If the producers/directors had used this it may have made a better movie, but probably no money at the box office so I guess that's why we have the very bad movie we have here.
It shows the US soldiers as undisciplined (basically gangsters) and the Germans as Nazi incompetent idiots. Some realities shown are the murder of POW or surrendering Germans (Most SS because Brad hates them)but this did happen and one scene with a German soldier caught wearing a American coat is shot. This did happen a lot.Theft of German medals, lots of blood and guts when people get hit(except for Brad and his crew who survive pretty much everything or obtain minimal damage when hit including grenades in confined spaces, bullets etc until the end).
The anti tank guns in the field with German troops having pinned down a American platoon was pathetic. How three anti tank guns could miss the Shermans in completely open ground is beyond me and unrealistic. The battle with the Tiger looked good to start with but as it went on it just went from bad to worse. A Sherman deflecting 88mm shots at that close range just didn't happen. Not to mention the several high shots from the Tiger when firing at the Shermans. These tanks were know for their Armour, high velocity flat trajectory guns and deadly accuracy due to the gun and sighting optics. One round even goes through the side of Brads tank. OMG, do the producers even know how lethal these tanks were? Sherman's weren't called Ronson's and Tommy cookers for no reason. It is so unrealistic at this point its hard not to laugh.
The village scene is just as bad with yet more Germans who cant shoot or destroy tanks at point blank range, POW being shot because he is SS, a old German being shot (by the German hidden soldier) for pointing in the direction of the hidden German troops while Brad stands proudly in his commanders hatch in the tank (I would have shot the commander myself.
The final scene was like watching a end skit with the music from the Benny Hill show (google it)with the Germans firstly marching in open country, 3 wide singing, no cares for marauding Allied fighters or soldiers. They take 10 min to cover the same ground the American can run in 1min giving plenty of time for brad and his crew to do the typical "lets get out of here , I'm staying" hero BS. Despite superior numbers, lots of Panzerfaust's they seem to loose all recollection of basic training and get slaughtered. However in the end, after some heroic acts by Brad and his crew including, holding a grenade to your chest inside a tank so it want kill the rest of the crew (Really!!) all but one of the hero's die.
I think if you view this as a Play Station or Xbox Game on God mode you'd be pretty close to the truth. Its a shame as said, that Hollywood still produces rubbish like this. If you really have a few hours of your life to waste, go watch grass grow. Its more real.