Operation Watchtower - Drei Tage in der Hölle

The title says it all. A one star general, inside, wearing a helmet with a chin strap...and a cinched waist on his BDUs. Say what? What a lame excuse for a tribute to the men who experienced those three days in Malay. The characters were one dimensional caricatures, GI Joe figures staged beyond the realm of credibility. I have been watching war flicks for 60 years and my "embrace the suck" meter pegged out on this peace of tripe. Rotten Tomatoes gave this film a 91%. I'm gobsmacked. The set staging looked, uh, staged. I am loath to find anything to recommend watching this production. A handle bar mustache is hard to imagine as a reasonable sight in any combat theater. The list can go on ad nauseam, but I won't lest my comments loose their punch.

Thank you for your review. I had started this movie (i am about 12 mins. In) and became confused by where the action was taking place, along with the many, many anachronisms and inaccuracies in just the first few minutes. I had planned to try the rest of the movie another evening but abandoned that thought after reading your review.

Correct me if i am wrong but... Malay refers to the people and culture/language of the Malay peninsula (i.e: Malaysia). Though bad things were happening in all of the far east, conflating the Solomons campaign and specifically Guadalcanal or Operation Watchtower with Malay is just wrong. And though all the characters appear far too old for the roles they are playing, at least the main character/writer and director Louis Mandylor looks old enough to know better.

Furthermore, moviemakers have been willing to get period haircuts since everyone noticed the stupid 70's coiffes and sunglasses in the original Midway. And what's up with that overweight and unshaven sergeant speaking to an American General in what looks like a surplus North Korean military uniform. I'm surviving on a small social security check monthly but could have spent more on this film than the producers did.

Finally, as much as i appreciate roles for African Americans, the army was segregated in 1942. It would have been more accurate and perhaps more educational to show a black man in the service as a mess employee or worse.

That's where i gave up. Good luck to those that stick with it.

J. D.

Based on a true story. I dont think so First the title. Malay is a language not a country.

All the fighting in Malaya which i assume this is what they were meaning involved only British and Commonwealth troops There were no Americans involved not that that has ever stopped Hollywood before.

Lets face it large numbers of people out there who nelieve that hollywood movies are real history Saying it was based on a true story is a insult to all the allied troops incolved in the war in the far east. All i can say is don't waste your time on this rubbish There are far better films out there to watch.

Go into the street, find the filthiest beggar, and get spit in the face. This will more worthwile than watching this garbage.

I guess someone really wanted a paid vacation in Thailand, got himself a ChatGPT script, and somehow found some chumps to invest in a fake movie.

I'm ashamed to say I sat through this whole insult to humanity, but here's a few details:

• dialogue is abysmal and nonsensical
• all the "japanese" are clearly from southeast asia.

• peasants from southeast asia saunter through a battlefield that's not even on the same continent
• the machine guns are made of rubber, you can actually see the barrels flexing.

• acting is... just... just stop

Utter trash.

Even I know as a civilian that you DO NOT graduate top class from West Point only to become a sergeant that berates a General! And why do they keep referring to him as (Sir) when he's not even an officer!!?? This amateur-hour "movie" will make you cringe with the cheesy/cliche dialogue. The American accents are terrible! Especially from the guy claiming to be from New York. And having Privates that are 50 years old? Please, if that were the case, those guys would have been hardened WWI veterans! I could go on and on... You should definitely watch this movie if you are up to having your intelligence insulted.