Give me those positive waves

Rating: 10/10 (5 January 2006)

One of my all time faves here. Call it The Dirty Dozen meets The Italian Job.
Clint provides a glimpse into the Dirty Harry look we would all come to know and love. Also basically becomes the eye of the storm. Chaos all around him while he stays cool.
Don Rickles brings his stand-up shtick to the war and serves up a great batch of lines.
Telly Savalas, the only one that seemed serious, gave his role that bit of power. Made me wonder why he didn't do more war films.
Donald Sutherland (There you go again with them negative waves. What did I tell you about that?) almost walked away with this film. He was the one that connected it to the then current Viet Nam war. Like he (and later Alan Alda) would also do in M*A*S*H.
Great supporting help from Carroll O'Connor as the oblivious general as well.
And a tip of the hat to Stuart Margolin, Harry Dean Stanton, Gavin MacLeod, and Len Lesser as well.
Don't let the gunfire and battles fool you. This was a comedy.