
During the last major German offensive of World War II, a company of American soldiers is lost behind enemy lines during the Battle of the Bulge and they make a horrific discovery - Hitler has a super bomb in development. The soldiers soon learn about a secret allied mission to retrieve a defecting German scientist in charge of a Hitler's weapons program. Faced with impossible odds, the company and an escaping POW go on a daring raid into the heart of Nazi Germany in pursuit ... (Full plot summary below)
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During the last major German offensive of World War II, a company of American soldiers is lost behind enemy lines during the Battle of the Bulge and they make a horrific discovery - Hitler has a super bomb in development. The soldiers soon learn about a secret allied mission to retrieve a defecting German scientist in charge of a Hitler's weapons program. Faced with impossible odds, the company and an escaping POW go on a daring raid into the heart of Nazi Germany in pursuit of the scientist.
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| User ReviewGeorge OGreat action. Good plot. Well worth the watch. Follows in the lines of great old war movies like the Dirty Dozen, Great Escape, Saving Private Ryan. If you enjoy the genre, you will not be dissappointed. |
| User ReviewBruce BFound this to be a awesome WWII film made in 2013 when most of the actors had no idea what went on in WWII they still did a real good job in bringing forth a exceellent modern day war movie. The collection of actors was the best that could be done in modern day. 5 stars for this one. 4-18-13 |
| User ReviewJoel MA very entertaining WW2 picture that ticks all the right boxes. A must see for all war film enthusiasts. |
| User ReviewCaitlin HAwesome movie. Almost didn't watch it based on it's low rating, but so glad I did. |
| User ReviewJames DAn adrenaline-pumping film that's loaded with great performances, clever wit, suspenseful moments and non-stop explosive action. Tom Sizemore, Vinnie Jones and Chad Michael Collins are terrific. |
| User ReviewPaul WGreat WW2 movie great action and suspese. Tom Sizmore another good job playying a WW2 solider |
| User ReviewHumpity D7/10. A lot of flak from the critics but it was a budget film and it wasn't that bad. Snow flake shots were cool. |
| User Reviewdarth vInteresting, but not factually based movie on the Nazi effort to develop the Atomic Bomb. As an historian, who concentrated on German History in undergrad school, the Nazi's were never close to developing the bomb. They initially got off to a good start with developing the heavy water nuclear reactors, which are needed to enrich the uranium. However, they stalled when trying to create fission reaction, aka atomic bomb. Entertaining, but mostly fiction. |
| User ReviewCharlie GOne line summary: Mostly solid piece on the Battle of the Bulge toward the end of WWII. -------------------- The film opens in World War II, European theatre, December of 1944, Belgium in particular. On a routine patrol, a squad loses their sniper to German sniper fire. When they return to base, they get a cake walk assignment to deliver Christmas hams to a forward operating position. The Allied forces are confident; Belgium was taken months ago. The bigger group taking the hams includes Dean Ranson, who used to be a lieutenant before his squad got wiped out in fifteen minutes. Now he's a cook. Conti is the lieutenant in charge. Nate, who killed the German sniper in the first scene, becomes Conti's new sniper. The hams and several men are soon lost to a German attack featuring mortar fire, snipers, and machine guns. Nate proves himself again. The protagonists battle on, make new allies along the way, and encounter a number of tough fights. They work with Willoughby, a British agent, and Pozarski, who claims to be a Polish prisoner of the Nazis. Of course, he's not. As the film continues, the small group takes on a mission for the OSS, which involved a Nazi 'super weapon' under development, and the rescue of one of its developers, Dr. Gruenewald. Will they be able to stop the use of the super weapon and rescue Dr. Gruenewald? -----Scores----- Cinematography: 6/10 Lens flare. Was Jar Jar Abrams about? Sloppy, bumpy, jumpy shaky cam work was disruptive when it appeared. The CGI for the WWII aircraft was sometimes noticeably bad. Sound: 8/10 Nice and rich. Music was a bit florid, though. Acting: 7/10 Reasonably good. I liked Tom Sizemore's earthy work, Chad Collins' performance, and the presence of Vinnie Jones. Screenplay: 5/10 The shift from competent low-level infantry work to high-level spying in enemy territory was well over the top. The segment of getting the bomb before the Nazis use it was a bit more engaging, but not all that believable either. The cliche ending pieces (you have done us a great service, but you do not get to talk about it, plus visiting the father's grave) were well done but still cliches. |
| User ReviewDave JTuesday, February 25, 2014 (2013) Company Of Heroes WAR/ ACTION Based on the video game of the same name during WWII, almost to the time when it was just about over which was in 1945. Depicting the life of an American sniper- a position not shown in war movies very much, especially during WWII. I thought, much of it was unpredictable, since the movie kind of shifts it's tone from showing war scenes to a war mission- like there's two different movies. The set up is familiar to what one can get from a video game regarding the American army's assumption that there were no more Nazis on the field, but apparently some groups of Nazis are still around hiding on the sidelines, and planning a nuclear attack. Chad Michael Collins plays the American sniper, Nate with Tom Seizmore as the cook since he was reprimanded from becoming a soldier. They also meet up with other people, such as a British officer and a Russian. 2.5 out of 4 stars |