Two things:
1. The SS should've been way more capable.
2. The final bombing was slightly underwhelming.
Other than that this was quite the movie! Brutal, bloody and abiding.
It's in essence a search for gold - though with a way more limited cast and location than you might think when you first read the movie description.
The thing is all three teams converge on the same place, and apart from the Nazis (who greatly outnumber the others) the teams are small and a little underwhelming... but really tough. And though they barely speak each other's languages they seem to get along fine too.
I'm seeing Louis Mandylor everywhere lately. In a lot of action movies like this especially. They're often on a budget, but seemingly all the more brutal than the mainstream ones, and this here is no exception.
They build things up in a way that feels akin to how Tarantino might've done it, just a little milder, and there's mystery and theatrics beyond the wild dog way and total disregard for life and humanity.
In memory of Amnon Zalmanowitz.
Shot in Belarus. (With a camera, I mean.)
Overall this was one bad-ass movie, limited budget or no.
The script's great - at least in the beginning. There's complexity. There's deceit and intrigue. There's an anticlimactic end all things considered, but you can't have everything can you? Might've gotten a five otherwise.
The cast were GREAT. No weak points.
Unexpectedly solid watch.
rated 4/5: fo shizzle
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