An anti-war masterpiece

Rating: Null/10 (16 November 2011)

Paths of glory is one of the greatest movies ever made. The acting is excellent and the storyline is probably the best in movie history.
In my opinion, this is Kirk Douglas' greatest performance, he's a good actor but not really one of my favourites, but in this movie he's on fire. There are other great performances and the three condemned soldiers are played to perfection. George Macready is brilliant as the corrupt colonel.
The storyline is perfect as it tells of a platoon of french soldiers sent on an impossible mission, and three of them are needlessly shot for it. This is done by the corrupt powers-that-be so that their tracks will be covered.
There are a lot of harrowing scenes, including the execution and the three innocent men going insane before being led to their deaths. Very disturbing.
One battle scene is all the action there is, but action doesn't really matter when the storyline is as brilliant as this. I recommend this film to all movie and war buffs. A classic