Yanks in a Tank

Rating: 6/10 (1 November 2014)

The platoon of an American Sherman tank pushes through an oddly Winter-like Germany in the springtime and the characters, who repeatedly claim that tank operating is the 'best job of their lives' can't decide on their motivations: at one point the team is extolling the virtues of their commander (played by Brad Pitt) -- to the point of being fearful of disobeying him, and the next they're on the verge of mutiny after having downed a couple of drinks. The cinematography and acting are both very good (although anyone besides American Red Necks may have trouble understanding a third of the dialogue), but some plot point absurdities, such as an SS brigade taking fifteen minutes to march a hundred yards in order to give the yanks-in-a- tank enough time to bemoan their fate, strain credulity. Overall an entertaining film which tries to walk the line between anti-war messages and expected action film tropes.