FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Scotty Burke It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

zardoz-13 Some European-produced World War II thrillers are pretty good, but some emerge as altogether so conventional that only a completist would suffer watching them. Predictable but entertaining cheese with few meatballs and a modicum of sauce sums up "Make Them Die Slowly" director Umberto Lenzi's lackluster, low-budget World War II thriller "Bridge to Hell" that was lensed on location in scenic Yugoslavia. The bridges look terrific, the Germans are appropriately villainous, and firefights are inevitable. The standard-issue heroics and the tongue-in-cheek mentality qualifies "Bridge to Hell" as shallow, lightweight actioneer that follows a heroic trio deep into enemy territory. A U.S.A.A.F. pilot, Lt. Bill Rogers (Andy J. Forest of "The Kiss of the Cobra"), a former Italian pilot, Sgt. Mario 'Pazilbo' Espozi (Carlo Mucari of ""Arabella, Black Angel") and an Austrian who has deserted the Wehrmacht, Blinz (Paki Valente of "Abissinia"). constitute this fearless threesome. Indeed, they are heading for the Allied lines when they encounter a platoon of partisans who require their talents. The American and the Italian are persuaded to fly the skies in a couple of vintage, World War I, bi-planes and bomb the Germans the old fashioned way. Yes, they drop the bombs by hand, but one bi-plane is put out of commission. Lieutenant Rodgers flies against 20 German fighters and sets out to bomb a train. This juvenile, war-as-adventure nonsense adds a romantic subplot when the amorous Italian falls for the partisan babe. After the partisans agree that our heroic trio has held up their end of the bargain, the partisan chick escorts them toward Allied lines. Along the way, they loot a monastery of St. Basil's Treasure and demolish a German occupied bridge. During the bullet-riddled bridge scene, the German deserter catches a couple of bullets from his own men in a display of irony. This leaves the American and the Italian. They drop the partisan babe off with her comrades and take off in the Nazi transport truck with a locked box full of treasure. When they open up the box, guess what they find. Lenzi directs "Bridge to Hell" as if it were a Spaghetti western in olive-drab fatigues. The aerial bombardment scene resembles the Korean War epic "The Bridges at Toko-Ri," and most of writer & director Lenzi's narrative recalls "Inglorious Bastards," except the outcome is a lot rosy for the survivors. Characterization is one-dimensional and Lenzi fails to give this World War II film any relevance to the rest of the war. Arguably, the haircuts are archaic. The performances are tolerable, but the dubbing is absolutely atrocious. Happily, Lenzi keeps things clicking through this traditional, 90-minute war epic. This World War II movie is barely memorable.

Michael_Elliott Bridge to Hell (1986) ** (out of 4) Italian WWII film has three Allied POWs trying to make it across Yugoslavia to safe lines in Italy but along their journey they learn about a treasure being hid from Nazis so they decide to steal it themselves. The story is rather weak and director Lenzi seems to forget what the actual story is at times because the movie is constantly going off in different directions and we get scenes that don't appear to have anything to do with the actual story. Just take a look at one sequence where a bunch of guard dogs show up for no apparent reason unless that said reason ended up on the cutting room floor. The film was obviously done on a very cheap budget as there's very little here that would make you think that you were actually watching a war movie. We do get a couple big battle scenes with a lot of explosions and gun fire but it all looks rather cheap. We also get the mandatory plane crash, quick edit of pilots jumping out and then quick edit of an explosion. The entire movie is pretty much built around stealing this treasure but this too never really gets resolved and by the time the end credits start you wonder if you're missing something or if the production simply ran out of money. Lenzi had pr oven himself to be a good director but he doesn't really do much here as we get no style, no clear story being told and worse of all is that there are many times when the movie just drags along. None of the lead actors are all that good and it doesn't help that the dubbing is rather bad.

dbborroughs Umberto Lenzi war film about three POWs who escape from a camp in Yugoslavia and end up getting hooked up with Partisans. First they put their flying skill to use flying biplanes in support of resistance actions, later the group tries to make their escape and find themselves fighting across the countryside. Good Italian war film that keeps up interest because it just keeps moving. I like that the film doesn't get bogged down. My initial reaction was that perhaps it was too rambling a film, but thinking about it afterward I found that I like it more than I thought. The bridge of the title is Nazi held bridge that the Allies have been trying to destroy and failing, but which our heroes need to cross to get home, and which they need to destroy to have any hope of actually getting away. I'm guessing the film incorporates footage from other bigger budgeted films, and while its not always perfectly matched it does help to add weight to the proceedings. Over all it's a good way to spend a night on the couch.

Battledragon I have seen plenty of Umberto Lenzi's movies, and I have to admit that I didn't expect much of this movie, because almost all of Lenzi's movies from late 80's and early 90's that I've seen, have been more or less bad ones. But still, being a big fan of his movies, I decided to buy this one on UK DVD and give it a try.It was late night, when I began to watch it, and I was pretty tired, but I set myself to trash-mode and pressed play. I was right, it was really trashy, but in a quite enjoyable way. Plot was pretty bad, and there was some scenes that made no point, but hey, it's a zero-budget Italian WW2-movie, so I didn't expect anything more. One thing above the others is something that I have to mention here: the musical score by Fabio Frizzi was really nice.So, if you want to just watch a war movie with great cast, awesome script and billion dollar budget, you'll be definitely disappointed. Otherwise, if you enjoy trashy Italian style stuff, this may be the movie for you.Not the Lenzi's best, but definitely not the worst either. I'll give "Bridge to hell" 7 out of 10.