24 Hours to D-Day

Not a bad story about a squad determined to plant a beacon for full paratrooper assault on Ste Marie Eglise as part of the Normandy Invasion. A lot of detail went into this less than accurate historical drama. Hardly any worse than the Dirty Dozen. Just not the big names. The costuming is good with no noticeable errors. Even Kubelwagens add to the authenticity. Several intense moments. The one flaw, the terrains. The landing area is mostly flat land and farms with hedgerows and without dense forests. Perhaps if rthe acting were stronger it might compete with Battleground if the there was an actor equal to Vic Morrow.

Well, I expected a real bad movie, and was not disappointed:

• All CGI shots are included in the trailer, and they are from old videogames.

• An absolut minimum amount of sets was used - Eric Roberts is only in the one "war room".

• There was a lack of extras, so typical troop size is about two or four soldiers.

• External shots with rented equipment are expensive, so close up, interior or the woods
• Anyway, they had one real VW type 82!

• Pathetic speeches
• poor dialogue
• there was some story. Never mind.

Various newsreel footage was added, of course not connected to the campaign area.

The entrie movie feels like ideas from famous stuff put into a blender - maybe AI - to generate a very generic plot.

If you watch it: its an example of minimal production costs, without good story or dialog, maybe very good as exercise for film students.