
Recruits head to the front lines towards the close of the Korean War. The interaction between two of the soldiers...an idealistic newcomer and a psychotic who goes on one-man patrols slitting enemy throats under cover of night...and the orphan boy who comes between them is examined. The Cease-Fire brings the three to a final resolution.... (Full plot summary below)
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Recruits head to the front lines towards the close of the Korean War. The interaction between two of the soldiers...an idealistic newcomer and a psychotic who goes on one-man patrols slitting enemy throats under cover of night...and the orphan boy who comes between them is examined. The Cease-Fire brings the three to a final resolution.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzIt had the same gritty feel to it as Sam Fuller's The Steel Helmet. |
| User ReviewLee Mok war pic marks the debut of robert redford |
| User ReviewJenna IInteresting film to see Robert Redford in his first movie and a young Tom Skerritt gritty film about war in Korea rather dated though |
| User ReviewAllan CHeavy-handed but solid war Korean war drama. Clearly a slanted anti-war message, but regardless of your politics, there are some great performances and is an engaging story that's tightly directed. It also has the film debut of Robert Redford, Tom Skerritt, and Sydney Pollack. |
| User ReviewTom HDecent war drama with a semi original plot. Do not mistake this for a straight out war action film. it is mostly drama played by good actors who would later evolve into great ones. |
| User Reviewtheangel_for_love MCertainly reflects the occasional tedium of warfare by being incredibly boring itself. Apart from a visually-intriguing bombardment sequence in the middle of the movie, "War Hunt" is incredibly badly paced, with shallow, uninteresting characters underdeveloping along a cliched "War Is Hell" trajectory. The central relationship between the psychotic soldier and the North Korean boy he keeps is incredibly bizarre, and I dread thinking more deeply about the ramifications of this, the only real dramatic, non-static element of the film. |