Uniforms

Rating: 1/10 (16 August 2005)

It is an amazing true story, that deserved better than this. There were two major things that detracted from the movie: 1. Freshly pressed, new-looking US uniforms (the actual documentary footage from the raid & photos showed the US soldiers haggard from their trip through the jungle. Yet in the movie, they look like they just walked out of a wardrobe trailer) 2. Incorrect Japanese uniforms (Army officer's rank insignia was upside down!) Not to mention the Japanese camp guards wearing Rugby shirts. I laughed when I saw the Japanese tanker wearing a wide brimmed pith helmet with US flight goggles. He looked more like some kind of warped "Afrika Korps" soldier. Who did the military research?! Why weren't the Japanese tanker crews wearing tanker helmets? Or even the standard combat cap? Doesn't anyone watch the History Channel anymore? Overall, the film felt like a 1960's era episode of "Combat" with cheesy scenarios. The nighttime running-battle between the "good guy" and "bad guy" was cartoonish! - - - - - Too bad, because it is an amazing story that deserved WAY better.