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Saints And Soldiers
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Synopsis
Based on a true story of heroism and sacrifice, SAINTS AND SOLDIERS was an acclaimed hit on the film festival circuit, winning over 10 best film awards around the country. In some of the most vicious days of World War II, four American soldiers survive a massacre of prisoners and remain trapped behind enemy lines. When they encounter a hiding British officer with valuable intelligence information, the group decides to try and sneak back into friendly territory with the data. However, that proposition is rife with difficulties: the group is mostly unarmed, the weather is freezing cold, they have no food, and the woodlands are crawling with German soldiers. Can each of the men overcome their fear and the odds to deliver the information that may save hundreds of Allied lives? SAINTS AND SOLDIERS is an independently made war film which proves that verisimilitude and emotional impact in the genre is not entirely the province of Hollywood.
Save your time and money
Review date: 2008-08-27 Rating: 2 out of 10
If you're interested in WWII history, spend half an hour on the internet reading about the actual events of the Malmedy massacre (on which this film claims to be based) rather than wasting your time with this film.
The makers are apparently at pains to point out that the equipment, uniforms etc. are authentic for the period so it's a shame they never did any research into English accents! The British pilot was nothing less than a caricature of Biggles.
The other characters were so one-dimensional and cliched that I actually ended up not caring about any of them, and the conclusion to each of the characters' "stories" was so predictable that it was close to being an insult to the intelligence.
As for the long list of awards on the cover ... I'm afraid that such awards as the Temecula Valley International Film Festival "Best Feature Film" don't really count for much!
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Reviews
Good Film
Review date: 2008-08-05 Rating: 8 out of 10
Saints and Soldiers is not a great war film, but a good one.
Instead of filling every scene with action it prefers to work on the characters relationships. Yes there is enough action for die hard war film fans, but it is a little more than that. Deacon's character and relationship within the group is particularly interesting and the English Raf pilots relationship with the American hick soldier grows to a great climax.
The scenery is kept simple and the direction is neat. The acting and main script may be a little ham in places and the cast are not exactly oscar winners, (although the actor playing Deacon was quite good), however the RAF pilot was appalling - where did he get that accent (what ho), but that said it should not put people off what is quite a good story line.
In all a good film and well worth adding to your collection and I am sure I will dust it off and watch again at somepoint.
waste.
Review date: 2008-07-26 Rating: 2 out of 10
Save your time , save your money and save your effort, the hype promised much but delivered nothing.
A good effort with slight reservations
Review date: 2008-07-19 Rating: 6 out of 10
The reviews seem to have been very mixed with a complete range of views.
A friend lent me this film on DVD because we are going to Belgium and Holland next year to visit both the battle of the Bulge battle field and the Arnhem battle area.
The battle scenes are quite realistic and in the style of Saving Private Ryan.
We get to meet the group and they form up after the massacre. You are then gripped as to whether they are going to survive.
The story goes haywire when we have the German prisoner who happens to know one of the soldiers. It gets mildly worse when the British airman joins and they then have a mission which is to get him back in one piece so that he passes on the intelligence that he has collected.
Unfortunately the actor playing the British person is unconvincing and full of supposed British wartime cliches.I am sure the US is full of British actors who can do a convincing British accent.
You do actually want them to succeed and are concerned about them as characters.
Worth watching and I will be watching it again.
Overall a good film but not in the first rank.
Where's David Niven when you need him?
Review date: 2008-07-08 Rating: 4 out of 10
Another 'buddy' war movie by numbers, with little to recommend it. Four lost soldiers, all decent guys who utter barely a profanity amongst them, and a pilot on a 'secret' mission, trudging through the snow around the same small bit of forest, mouthing cliches. The 'British' airman had such an unspeakable accent that I was convinced he would turn out to be a German masquerading as a Brit. Sadly, no.
They were making better films about WWII 50 years ago; god knows why anyone still wants to make them in the 21st century, unless we're meant to mentally substitute the snow of the Ardennes for the sands of Iraq. And if so, why?
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Corbin Allred; Alexander Polinsky; Kirby Heyborne; Larry Bagby; Peter Asle Holden
Creators:
Corbin Allred; Alexander Polinsky; Kirby Heyborne; Larry Bagby; Peter Asle Holden (Primary Contributor)
Recording label: In2film
Manufacturer: In2film
EAN: 5055002530081
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2006-10-09
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 87 minutes
Language: English (Unknown)
Language: English (Original Language)