Several films were butchered over Memorial Day weekend, and I know this really isn't an earth-shattering deal, but being the movie geek that I am, it really bugs me. The plot is simple. They decide to risk it and pull off the perfect crime by pushing in and stealing it. They fight their way through the Germans and head for the payoff. Things start off well enough but quickly fall apart.
More help is needed to accomplish the mission, and more and more people are brought in on the heist.
There are a few casualties along the way, and they lose most of their supplies when they are strafed by an allied plane. The toughest task still lies ahead as three deadly German Tiger tanks stand between them and the gold. The thing that really drives it and makes it work so well are the characters. And then there's Oddball himself. Sutherland's hippie character is kind of out of place in the 1940s but perfect for the flower-power generation when the film was released.