The Bridges at Toko-ri
[rating:3.5] A naval reservist, fighter pilot Lieutenant Harry Brubaker (William Holden) resents having to give up his life and law practice when he was called up, especially since he had already...
View ArticleRetreat, Hell!
[rating:3.5] Retreat, Hell! tells the story of the First Marine Division, including its participation in the amphibious landing at Inchon, the bloody fight for Seoul, and the retreat from the Chosin...
View ArticleWar Hunt
[rating:3.5] Essentially a B movie, the film was made in fifteen days on a miniscule budget. Exploring similar themes, War Hunt is a precursor to Platoon. A young American infantryman is sent to the...
View ArticleA Walk in the Sun
[rating:3.5] During the Allied invasion of Italy in WWII, an American platoon is ordered to land on the coast of Italy and march six miles inland to capture a farmhouse and destroy a nearby bridge....
View ArticleTime Limit
[rating:3.5] Several months after the end of the Korean War, an American officer is being investigated for a court-martial because he had recorded propaganda messages for the North Koreans. However,...
View ArticleThe Eagle and the Hawk
[rating:3.5] Three Americans, Jerry Young (Fredric March), Mike 'Slug' Richards (Jack Oakie) and Henry Crocker (Cary Grant), join the Royal Flying Corps during WWI. Piloting a two-seater plane, Young...
View ArticleAttack
[rating:3.5] As the Allies drive the Germans back to Germany in late 1944, morale is low in Fragile Fox Company because an entire squad was slaughtered when Captain Cooney, the company commander, was...
View ArticleDishonored
[rating:3.5] A widow recruited to spy for the Austro-Hungarian Empire against the Russians during WWI proves to be a skilled secret agent but her mission is complicated when she falls in love with a...
View ArticleBattleground
[rating:3.5] A young recruit is assigned to a platoon in the 101st Airborne Division the night before the division is rushed to Bastogne to block the German surprise offensive during the Battle of the...
View ArticleAces High
[rating:3.5] Late in WWI, a burnt-out squadron commander in the Royal Flying Corps finds out that his newest pilot is his girlfriend's brother. The new recruit soon discovers that the reality of aerial...
View ArticleWooden Crosses
[rating:3.5] An unblinking portrayal of the lives of a unit of French infantrymen, the movie is not depressing, just grim There is little sense of how much time has passed. Instead, the soldiers try to...
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