Dirty but Average

Rating: 7/10 (7 October 2007)

A pretty good action film, it has Marvin leading a group of convicts on a mission to destroy a Nazi headquarter. The characters are clichÃ©s and some of the all-star cast hams it up but there are good performances from Marvin, Cassavetes, and Jaeckel. The early parts of the movie leading up to the mission are a little too drawn out, but the action picks up when the dozen reaches its target. Nobody in the group is likable to begin with and they become less endearing after their reprehensible actions against the Germans, which involves killing innocent women. The side plot involving the games between Marvin and Ryan is silly and receives too much focus.