Hell Hath No Fury

It was a decent low budget production. When I first saw the utterly ridiculous low overall rating at 3.7, I flipped over to see what the professional critics thought on Rotten Tomatz (88%), so I'm glad I did.

Sure this is no epic Hollywood big budget war film, but is well casted and acted, especially Mandylor and Murphy as the battle-worn and ready American fighters, and Bernhardt as Von Bruckner. The alluring little rocket Nina Bergman was great until the cemetery acts; she either over-acted or looked angry all the time, for no reason. But her performance overall was noteworthy.

The cinematography was excellent and the directing great. The writing by the two amateur writers was lacklustre for the most part, with many plot and technical issues. The 94 min runtime screenplay needed many cuts and edits. It was too long for the barely climatic and too-short storied screenplay.

Yet still, for pretty much a one location set, low budget B film, it's a good one time watch. It's a well deserved 7/10 from me.

There are fans of cast members of this film and employees of the production company that supposedly cannot understand why this video received negative reviews, so I would like to see if I can provide some insight. I gave this one a very generous 4-star rating, by the way.

Let's start with costumes. Only one of the Americans has a division insignia on his uniform, and that's the major, who has no rank insignia and no vertical stripe on the back of his helmet. Instead of tan double-buckle boots or brown service shoes with leggings, he's wearing black combat boots that look like the style the Army issued to me in 1986.

Next, let's talk about the script. Early on, one of the soldiers addresses the major as "Top", which is the nickname for a company first sergeant.

Then we have to discuss facts. The video's token African American, who would not be in the same unit as White soldiers during WW2, states that he's from Harlem (where else?), "home of Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, and Louie Armstrong." Nat King Cole was born in Alabama, raised in Chicago, and settled in Los Angeles. Louis Armstrong is well-known to have been born and raised in New Orleans, where the current international airport is named for him.

Special effects come next. Near the end, three sticks of dynamite explode under a jeep, which would have thrown the jeep several yards and heavily damaged it, yet the explosion is very small and the jeep doesn't move.

These are of course just examples of many problems in each category that I gave. I ended up giving this one four stars because the producers made it seem like they were trying to make a good film, and because the actors did what they could with the script they were given.

"Hell Hath No Fury" is about a French woman, part of the resistance (Marie), who has sided with Germany but has her own agenda. When she is branded as a collaborator by France, she helps US soldiers (under the command of Major Maitland) looking for the gold hidden by her on a cemetery in exchange for her freedom. I don´t understand the low ratings and bad reviews this movie gets. I have seen worse. Furthermore the storyline and plot twist is not that bad and the dialogues are very good written and executed. In addition the acting of Nina Bergman (Marie) and Louis Mandylor (Major Maitland) is pretty good. Just watch the movie and get through the beginning. Once you are in the flow, you might like this movie. I did!

War..combat..explosions..greed...evil.... Nazis.corrupt G I s....a woman without a dress...tunnel rats....skeletons,,,grave robbing...charming French accents....love.....freedom fighters...the underground.... How can you give a movie with all this 1 or 2 stars?

Competent acting, a decent plot with a few surprises, nice music, good cinematography. This is a decent flick.

The story: a small group of American soldiers are searching for Nazi gold, during the last days of world war 2. They have to fight till the bitter end though to find the gold. Will they find the gold and get out alive?

Upon first look this seems to be a B-movie, with B-listed actors. But looks can deceive, because this is a rock solid, tough, original, well acted war movie. And I have seen A LOT of war movies in my lifetime and I really appreciate this new edition, for what it is: straightforward action, WITH good dialogues and good acting performances.

8 stars because of these good acting performances combined with this gritty, bleak story, which is captivating and suspenseful from the beginning till the end. Definitely an unknown war movie gem!

Not anything bad? This is NOT a glorifying war movie. It's nasty, ugly and everybody is following his lowest and meanest impulses. NOT a happy end either. And there is a powerful female action character that first seduces and then kicks the men around. If you are not into these things, then you might wanna pass it by...