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Saints And soldiers Review

Advantages: Gripping in battle scenes
Disadvantages: Not what it could of been

The film is set in 1944 with the German army storming through the ardennes forest taking many prisoners as it goes. The film is the story of a group of the American prisoners who end up escaping the germans. Unarmed and without food they battle through enemy lines to get back to allied territory. On the way they meet a British pilot who is shot down, together they experience the fear of been behind enemy lines and the need to get the British pilot's ...
...The film has alot of suspense and has a high quality of acting, but it is a little lacking in real wartime action adventure for me, with short battle scenes which are good and make the film likeable but by no means are long enough. The film instead focuses on the relationships of the men and their state of mind, which is interesting and creates a good suspense and mild horror as Deacon deals with shell shock. But this for me does not make the film ...

naratnos 22.02.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Saints And Soldiers (DVD)

Trapped behind enemy lines. All they have is their hope

Advantages: Good Length, Excellent Photography, Good Characters
Disadvantages: None

Saints and Soldiers is Ryan Little's war film based around the Malmedy Massacre of World War 2 in 1944 during The Battle of the Bulge. This is an American film with a small budget made in 2003 and released in 2005. There are a few recognizable faces in the film but no-one A-list - which I think is an endearing quality in a film. Many people missed the release of this film because of it's small budget and I don't think it was advertised expansively. ...
...first thing to note about Saints and Soldiers is that it is not a hollywood epic; like 'Saving Private Ryan' or 'Black Hawk Down'. This is a low budget film which focuses on moralities and the hardships of life at war, not a display of barbaric and high octane violence. If you are looking for an action film, this is not for you. The Storyline follows a small group of soldiers who have been scattered after surviving The Malmedy Massacre and their ...

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Review of Saints And Soldiers (DVD)

Saints and Soliders - its not very good frankly.

Advantages: Good picture
Disadvantages: Too many to list.

...pretty good film. Apparently not. Saints and Soldiers is long and boring from start til end. The only highlight, for me anyway, was the appearance of a downed bomber airman. A brit, who was typically posh and irritating (as we always are in American films). That was about it. Mostly otherwise the story was dull, the acting was poor and the film went on for far too long. The only good thing was the scenery and picture quality. Which was top notch, ...
...The extra features were minimal. The usual commentaries and trailers and that is about it really. Barely worth a look. Probably because they knew you wouldn’t enjoy the film and thus wouldn’t want to watch the extras afterwards (or listen to the commentary!). The actors were all unknowns and not particularly memorable. Not that their acting was poor, it just wasn't amazing either. I'd imagine this film went straight to dvd. Truly, don’t waste your ...

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Review of Saints And Soldiers (Blu-ray)

Can I have one of your smokes?

Advantages: Excellent all round effort
Disadvantages: A bit samey with other war films

...different battles that took place. Saints and Soldiers relates to the Malmedy Massacre and The Battle of the Bulge, and focuses on a small band of Allies who attempt to forge their way from behind enemy lines to the safety of their troops, bringing with them information vital to a German plan later to be named The Battle of the Bulge. The film starts off after the event, in January, as the 80 or so slaughtered Allied soldiers at the Malmedy Massacre ...
...I'm sure others will see this too. However, this doesn't spoil it for me at all, and I was thoroughly impressed by it. It's not perfect, but definitely worth watching. The DVD for Saints and Soldiers is currently available from amazon.co.uk for a decent price, and I recommend it. ...

pmcds 01.04.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Saints And Soldiers (DVD)

Inglorious Tarantino Nonesense

Advantages: Tarantino making grown up films
Disadvantages: Still not back to his best

If ever a director has suffered a steep decline from the very summit of Hollywood its Quentin Tarantino. How did we get from Pulp Fiction to Death Proof?? He didn't even have time to plant his flag pole he slid down the other side that fast. What on Earth was that self parody Kill Bill nonsense all about! The geeky ex video store worker who dreamed of becoming an actor but burdened with a face for radio (even Morse code) astounded the independent ...
...uber cool Reservoir Dogs and became the darling of the European film circuit with Pulp Fiction. But since then I have struggled with nearly everything he's done, dare I say it I'm almost bored with the film genius of the reported owner of a 151 I.Q, his Muppet Show yapping mouth going on about the nuance of film somewhat irritating now. With Inglorious Basterds I think he too knows his best days may have passed and this is an attempt to woo back ...

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