3 Days in Malay

I know a fair bit about WW2 -- my dad served in the USN in Pacific and I grew up watching Victory at Sea. Over and over. Lately, I've been reading about the loss of Singapore and then the slow counter in the China-Burma Theater. Closest that Marines might have come to Malaya might have been when USS Saratoga (CV-3) was sent to train with the British Eastern Fleet in 1944. If there were any Marines aboard Saratoga.

If anything like this ever happened, it would have been British, Indian, or Australian troops holding off the Japanese.

This mess appears to have begun as a script about a company of the US Army bravely defending a fort against human-wave attacks of Indians, standing their ground in the stockade walls and hoping to hear the bugles of a cavalry regiment sent to their rescue. Of course, western forts did not have stockades, while they did have cannons, and western Indians did attack forts, and, even more, Indians did not attack in human waves.

Or, perhaps, the director got the script from John Ford's "Drums Along the Mohawk", 1939, and, randomly picked out a war and signed up some unknown actors to replace Claudette Colbert and Henry Fonda.

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.

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.

The film is full of crazy scenes, such as spying on the enemy walking at a distance of 20 meters with binoculars. Using machine guns that shoot without bullets. You can really see that these were not loaded. During an attack, several Japanese are shot dead who fall in front of the defense, a few minutes later a second attack follows and the previous victims suddenly were remove the scene. Between attacks, soldiers play cards and no one stands guard. It was more like a hobby club. Otherwise terrible conversations. I really don't recommend this movie to anyone. I really didn't watch the movie until the end and turned it off after 3/4. What a waste of time.

The acting is terrible and the dialogue is horrendous. The scene set ups are in a word abysmal while the uniforms, weaponry, personnel interactions and just about everything else is time period incorrect. I think the ONLY thing correct about this movie is that during World War II the United States was at war with Japan. Whoever gives this Movie even a mediocre review Should seriously consider getting a mental health review. Whoever financed this movie either needed a losing tax break or promised someone they could get them into a movie and this was the only way they could do it. To say don't waste your time would be an understatement.