Watch Youtube movie clip 1/11, don't bother more

Rating: 3/10 (7 November 2019)

Remarkable historical accuracy. There really was a battle of the Bulge in WW2.
Correct weather conditions, they put even the ravine of murdered american prisoners in the movie. Everything started well and especially looked in a perverse way fascinating and brutal for start.
After capturing the american soldiers and settling them on to the prisoners camp, rest of the movie was practically handsome guys smoking cigarettes and looking at each others for 90 minutes. The music in the film is mediocre compared to "Platoon" or "Deer hunter", but after watching there will be still considerable amount of cliches to be remembered, like a ridiculous amount of military salutes. There was a cultivated nazi who later showed his true nature, incredible cruelty. On the other hand, there was an american who at first glimpse looked hard-boiled, but in the end had a great heart. Sounds familiar?
The sense of realism collapsed when the trial started. You know, same kind of trial what we see every day in the american tv-series with the legal jargon "prosecutor", "Your honor", "Objection!" etc. (I have to admit however that the idea of trial in POW camp is fresh, like the theme of racism.)
Sorry, production team and fans of Colin Farrell, I simply could not swallow this. The film dropped to Hollywood coulisse soap-opera, prisoners spend leisure time in a cozy theatre, there was way too much cigarettes, too many grammophones, there was absolutely no sign of prisoner camp misery or shortage. (Also letters were written to the american families (?!), that feels silly when you start to think about it. At that time nazis really were worried about post delivery...)
Unexpectable endng: Bruce Willis returns to the camp after escaping, in german officer's uniform!
Why?
BECAUSE HE HAD A SENSE OF HONOR, MAN!
If you liked this kind of melodrama, check out "Hyena road". Also if you are attracted by atmosphere without women, spend holiday in Ibiza.