Hogan's Hero's

Rating: Null/10 (15 February 2002)

I was quite astonished at the seamless casting of this film. It was quite interesting to weave my way through the plot. I feel that at times it is a kind of unbelievable, however, the acting was so good that you ease up on the plot a bit. It is a bit shocking in the beginning, because a lot of people don't know exactly what went on over there. There are several gory shots and I certainly would not recommend this as a youth or date movie.

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I feel this movie is rather raw and is drawing quite a bit on shock value. Though somewhat educating, it is also disturbing to see, but I guess it was more disturbing for those who were actually in the war, or any war for that matter. It is basically about a man who's father is a senator and he is sent to war. Along the way he gets captured and winds up in a pow camp that is run by a surprisingly forgiving Nazi. Then two black officers are captured and though they are soldiers, they are given no respect among the men. One of them dies early in the movie and the other believes it a conspiracy plot from a racist soldier who involuntarily shared barracks with the two men. When the remaining black officer is found over the corpse of the man he believed to cause his friend's death the guessing game of who is actually the bad guy starts. There are plot changes and twists that were completely unexpected by me. But all in all it's about brotherhood and honor, loyalty and trust.
I give the movie a rating of four out of five...mainly because I couldn't (without trailers or outside input) guess the ending. That is few and far between in today's films.