Great Movie about World War2 and the forgotten front....

Rating: 9/10 (18 June 2007)

Great Movie about World War2 about one of its forgotten front and events. Hopefully a whole lot more would come out stories of the occupation and the guerrilla's of the Philippines their action is comparable to the French underground and it may even surpass some of the thing they did despite hundreds of miles away from allied supplies. A well done movie, sticking close to the real story and the not egos of celebrity actors. Too bad it won't do well in the box office because it does not have the typical normal flare of a Hollywood "big gasoline explosion war movie making". Just a little bit of liberty on some of the script to make it interesting. Add this to your collection.
Another recommended movie about this genre is "The Longest 100 miles"-1967, "American Guerilla in the Philippines" which was filmed only a couple of years after World War2, and "AN UNTOLD TRIUMPH" 2003 PBS Special. Some recommended reading "BLOODY LIBERATION OF MANILA", LT RAMSEY'S WAR AND "BEHIND Japanese LINES"
My parents lived through the occupation and my father help the guerrilla's by supplying them with information on who's ( Japanese ) in town and food supplies. The Japanese stuck close to small town where food supply, personnel( under bayonet ) forced laborer and creature comforts.
I wish Hollywood would rediscover more of these events, granted they are not like saving private Ryan or band of brothers, but they are just as important part of World War 2 that needed to be told.
Read more about world war 2 history and you'll discover more. Read the history of the 82nd Airborne Division because that division was one of the longest serving division in the ETO. More than the 101st. I admire the 101st but I admire more the 82nd, they seem to be the forgotten airborne division of WW2.
The book is even better, I recommend this movie, you'll enjoy it.