Really Weird But a Good Long Weird

Rating: 7/10 (3 March 2007)

Even though the battle sequences in this movie are well done, you have to remember this is a real tung-in-cheek WW 2 film. Donald Sutherland & Don Rickles balance off with Clint Eastwood to create a unique type of war film. Carol O'Conner plays a General for laughs in this too. Telly Savalas is along too.
There were some major disagreements with how this film was shot & what wound up on the cutting room floor compared to what appears in the film. The disagreement was so vast that Eastwood decided after this film to start his own production company. It would be interesting if the cuts could be found & the film redone with them to see what Eastwood actually wanted in this film that was cut.
The story has to do with Kelly's Heroes finding out about a bank behind German Lines filled with Gold. They decide to go into the war business for themselves & start their own invasion behind German lines with the gold as their objective.
With characters like Oddball & Crapgame, the humor is there. For this type of film, it runs longer then you'd expect because of the elaborate Battle sequences. Those scenes are an indication that this film was shot to be something even more than it is. Just the same, it is quite entertaining.