Company of Heroes

Heavy Water Episode of Hogan's Heroes...
Do you remember the episode from Hogan's Heroes where Hogan's team needed to thwart the German transport of a shipment of "heavy water" and the little French guy drank the water and soon learned that he drank heavy water. Historically no one at that point knew what heavy water was and how it was necessary to the development of a nuclear bomb because no nuclear bomb had been detonated at the point. Basically this movie is a well produced, big budget, awesome full cast and crew of that episode. If you demand historical accuracy, this isn't the movie for you. If you're okay with suspension of belief and want to watch a fun movie, you've come to the right place...

Action, action, and just more action...
This flick is loosley based on the video game by the same name. It's a low budget yarn featuring Tom Sizemore, perhaps coming back from endless personal problems. A US Army unit during a routine mission is by chance immersed into the Battle of the Buldge. Then practically down to last man, inherites a mission that could determine the outcome of the war. The begining is quite promising, but as the film progresses it slips into some mindless dialogue and dimminished CGI effects. The Nazis are portrayed as dumb as rocks and are slaughtered in hordes. The culmination is what blossoms into a shootem-up movie version of the game. Great to watch with beer and pretzels!

Not quite as good as recent war movies that have come out but I have seen worse. Low budget but a decent watch. I say C+
"You have to carry out this mission your country is counting on you." Toward the end of WWII the Americans thought the war was over and started to relax. When a group is sent out to deliver food to the needy they are ambushed and discover a horrifying secret. Hitler has a super bomb and isn't afraid to use it. When they hear the scientist in charge of the bomb is looking to defect the squad risks everything and ventures deeper behind enemy lines to find him and get him out. I will start by saying that the movie isn't that bad but it is a low budget war movie. Action is not bad and it is entertaining and an interesting story but it almost had the feel of a PBS type war movie in terms of feel and look. It's not quite as good as the recent batch of war movies that have come out but it's also not terrible and fans of this genre will not be totally disappointed. Overall, not bad but nothing amazing either. I give it a C+.

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