Boring, clichéd, dull, one-dimensional, tedious, stilted, contrived

Rating: 2/10 (14 January 2007)

Nothing but clichés really. DD (French for Deadly Dull).
There's a cynical New Yorker who learns near the end that not all Germans are bad. He has a secret.
There's a young ex-missionary religious type who hates to kill but is a great shot with a rifle. He has a secret.
There's a tough but kind-hearted sergeant.
There's a French woman with a young daughter. They live in a stone cottage in the woods. Afraid at first, she comes to love the Americans and gives them some bread.
There's a polite but unctuous Brit.
There's a gent from Louisiana who likes to say "whatever" some 50 years before it came into common usage. He spends part of his time asking the Brit for a cigarette and being turned down. He then saves the Brit but is wounded. The Brit puts a cigarette in his mouth and, yup, he dies. The Brit cries. He's learned to be more human.
There are some sadistic Germans. But there's one good one. Just one.
There's no drama, no tension, no interesting action. The Americans are hidden in an old building. Germans come and camp out above them for a while. It should have been nerve-wracking. Instead, you feel nothing. It isn't even interesting.
When there's a revelation, music comes up and the character stares at the camera for a bit. So that you won't miss it.
The acting wasn't the worst. The story and direction are a joke. The worst episode of "Combat" beats this hands-down.