Lots of Problems, But Still Not Bad.

Rating: Null/10 (21 October 2003)

A group of U.S. soldiers at the tail-end of World War II led by Clint Eastwood try to steal $16 million in gold bars from a German bank behind enemy lines. The oddest of tones trouble "Kelly's Heroes" throughout. It seems like a pure comedy ala the television series "Hogan's Heroes" at times, but then the horrors of war are still displayed just like in any other picture of the genre. Great turns by Donald Sutherland, Carroll O'Connor, Telly Savalas and Don Rickles seem to point the way more towards comedy and in spite of lots of problems I still liked the movie in the end due to its extremely witty characters. Kind of the poor man's "M*A*S*H" of 1970. Along with the aforementioned movie, also released the same year as "Patton" and "Tora! Tora! Tora!". Obviously war was a major cinematic topic that year. 4 stars out of 5.