Eastwood and Burton backpack through WWII but forgot to pack a decent plot and common sense.

Rating: 4/10 (27 June 2014)

This film is awkward, bumbling and dated. Still get to bask in the Clint Eastwood Glare, perhaps a little too much. The film unfolds like a game of celebrity mad gab, WWII edition. It could have been a great comedy. I know all of the hype the film garnered back in the day. Thats nice. Who wouldn't want to see improv espionage through a cobalt tinted ND filter. I couldn't blame anyone for indulging that guilty pleasure. I love the color blue and Clint Eastwood glare. But sadly 2 hours and 35 minutes of it mixed in with inane characters, and a matted tangled mess of a plot have me wondering what all the fuss was about. All in all this film barges through your consciousness with a merciless unceasing line of action clichés that holds suspension of disbelief like its something smelly and offensive.