Come Out Fighting

I am a s98ker for a good war movie. I even like to watch the lesser war movies, but there is a limit to how much stupidity I can stumach, before I give up and this movie crossed that line pretty quickly...

The bad: it's a war movie and I expect to see exciting fighting scenes. But although these fighting scenes are definitely meant to be taken seriously, they achieve the exact opposite.

It's hilarious to watch these soldiers fight. Really stupid and hilarious. I can forgive a few credibility flaws, but these fighting scenes are so incredibly dumb and silly that even a blind man wouldnt take it seriously.

Not any good? Dolph Lundgren is getting old, and this is NOT a Dolph Lundgren movie, because he is only starring in a small supporting role.

First of all, there is the basic premise: that there are two types of soldiers.

One type of soldier is always competent and effective. The other type is not only always bumbling and incompetent, but arrogant, nasty and mean-spirited to boot.

Then there is the glaring incorrect portrayals of military protocol and tactics.

In this film, officers routinely salute non-coms and hold the salute until the non-coms return it, not the other way round which is reality.

It depicts an Army without coordination of infantry, armor and artillery. In one scene, artillery and forward armor are both firing on the same position simultaneously while forward motorized infantry are engaging that target in close quarters battle. Insane.

And then there is the decision to have German characters speaking English with German accents. Reminded me of Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther series.

The acting is not terrible but the dialog is amateurish.

It is just an all around bad movie.

I agree with this:

I'm not sure why and who keeps funding writer and director Steven Luke's war films, but he needs to take up a new hobby - maybe Laser Tag with some kids, so he can learn tactical engagement. This has to be one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Calling this a B film would be a compliment, but this barely classifies as a C film.

All there is, is a bunch of nonsense dialogue and horrible acting in war scenes that will make you pull a muscle from eyerolls and cringing. A five year old can set up more realistic warfare engagement battle scenes using little plastic green army men. In the first battle, they can't see an ambush out in the open, but are able to reach the ambush with hand grenades lol. And there's so much more laughable tactics and cheesy dialogue, this mess should've been labeled a comedy. If you think you've seen bad B films with Michael Jai White and Dolph Lundgren, this one takes the cake. They even convinced Tyrese Gibson to be in this, which I'm sure he's regretting now, especially when this came out the same as Fast X. It's a generous 1/10 from me, in pity for Gibson.

Complete nonsense. The tiger would shoot them all like a shooting range. The Germans fought well. Ambushing tanks with mortars and heavy machine guns and not hitting a single vehicle is ridiculous and counterattacking with rifles is complete nonsense.

It's a pity that I can not put 0 or even -1. The agenda steers to the detriment of realism. Directing - 0, cameraman - 0, script - -5.

If you want to see real combat actions - see "Rescue of Private Raivn". And call a detachment of sappers to clear the mines in a combat situation and stand upright on open terrain with the whole team .. what were you smoking there when you came up with this dregs,)))

How did this get made?

I wish I knew people that are okay seeing piles of their money set on fire.

They spent a lot of money on some things. Not terrible CGI dog fighting, physical US and German tanks moving around a battle field, hundreds of small arms, uniforms, and a half dozen B actors.

And spent zero dollars on other things, like writers, military advisors, directors, cinematographers, editors, etc...how?

Like when a truly gifted film maker gets his hands on a microscopic budget, they can make something compelling.

You give a child with zero self awareness a bucket of money, they have people throwing hand grenades at a mortar team 200 yards away. Or tanks that stop moving once they are fired upon.

Where were the adults?