Kelly's Heroes

Rating: 6/10 (25 September 2007)

I had heard many people say that this was a really good film, so I decided I couldn't give it a miss, and I can see reasons to recommend it. Set in the Second World War, the Americans have captured a German Colonel, but an artillery barrage hits the camp before they can talk to him. Ex-Lieutenant Pvt. Kelly (Clint Eastwood) catches the Colonel, and he gets him drunk, this is how he learns of a secret mission he can go on to ship $16,000,000 worth of gold bullion that is meant to go to France. Kelly invites many of his fellow soldiers that are interested in being part of this mission to slip into enemy territory and get this fortune. As they travel, they encounter one or two small battles, a mine field and a few near misses, before the final bigger battle in a town square, where the gold is, but it was kind of obvious they would get the gold and live richly ever after (LOL). Also starring On Her Majesty's Secret Service's Telly Savalas as MSgt. Big Joe, Toy Story's Don Rickles as SSgt. Crapgame, Carroll O'Connor as Maj. Gen. Colt, Donald Sutherland as Sgt. Oddball (tank commander), Gavin MacLeod as Moriarty (tank crewman), Hal Buckley as Capt. Maitland, Stuart Margolin as Pvt. Little Joe, Jeff Morris as Pvt. Cowboy, Richard Davalos as Pvt. Gutowski, Perry Lopez as Pvt. Petuko, Tom Troupe as Cpl. Job and Harry Dean Stanton as Pvt. Willard. The battle scenes are quite gripping, the actors all have their moments, this is quite a lot of fun for a not very conventional war film. It was number 34 on The 100 Greatest War Films. Good!