Another silly war fantasy from the 60's

Rating: 1/10 (16 January 2006)

This is one of the many WWII fantasy movies to come out of the 60's where a small group of American soldiers massacres Nazi's by the millions to win some mission or the other. Others include "Where Eagles Dare", and "Kelley's Heroes". The actors are quite good, and the premise is interesting, but the way its carried out and scripted is completely unrealistic, silly and downright cheesy. That's why they're fantasy movies, as there's no connection to reality in any movies in this genre.
This is really on par with "Lord of the Rings", except instead of slaughtering Orcs by the millions, they're slaughtering Nazi's. Some prefer Elves and swords, others prefer GI's and machine guns, but its all the same. So, if you like to see wacky American misfits killing Nazi's like its no tomorrow while delivering one snappy liners, then this is the flick for you. Otherwise, I would skip it and watch "Three Kings" or "Black Hawk Down" which are far superior war movies.