Grandpa's fav film who was a bodybuilder, which goes on to prove that this film is indeed a testosterone filled action xtravaganza n one of my personal fav too.

Rating: 9/10 (10 March 2019)

Is Posey (Clint Walker) still missing in action?
Til date I have not been able to figure out what happened to the character of Samson Posey (Clint Walker).
During the mission at the crossroad Donald Duck site, we get to c his partner Bravos but not Posey.
I first saw this in the mid 80s on a vhs, then on a vcd in the early 2000. Revisited it recently on a dvd which I own.
I dont know y i never get tired of these old films.
Major Reisman (Marvin) is assigned a top-secret mission to train army's twelve worst convicts and turn them into elite soldiers to infiltrate and assault on a castle which will be filled up with high-ranking German officers. (Tarantino took the theatre filled up with the nazis in Inglorious Basterds).
The castle's destruction will weaken the enemies' chain of command before D-Day.
Those who survive the mission will be pardoned and returned to active duty at their former ranks.
The film has plenty of laughs n get to know characters moment before the action starts.
Some may complain that the training n introduction part is given more emphasis than the actual mission but then it would hav lost the charm n affection we feel for the suicide squad team members.
Training n disciplining the twelve convicted men n making em learn how to operate as a group does takes time.
The film has lots of action, explosions, gun firing, tension n body count.
Editing is a bit weak considering the non elaborate death scenes.
The direction n the ensemble cast is top notch.
Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Robert Ryan, Robert Webber, Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas as Maggott, the psychotic religious fanatic on the verge of insanity n Clint Walker as Samson Posey.
I expected some showdown between Posey n the nazis, where Posey single handedly kill the nazis.