Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

gabe-o I have watched just about every WW2 movie and TV series ever made since the war, plus most of key movies made of the Vietnam and Korean wars. Given this movie's synopsis, and having previously read the historical story of D-Day airborne pathfinders, I was really looking forward to watching the movie and hoping it will be good. I was absolutely disappointed!'Pathfinders' is so bad it has to rank in the worst 5% of WW2 movies ever made! Describing the movie as 'awful' would be an understatement. I always hesitate being too critical but this movie is so bad that it is difficult, arguably impossible, to rate it as anything else.And what's this about a 60 year secret? Total nonsense!Some argue that the acting is poor. I believe however that it is pathetic directing and poor production. Who in the right mind directs and produces a film where much of the film involves closeups of actors' faces? How much mouth, nose, eyes and ears, filling the screen, can a viewer take? It got so annoying that it really tested my perseverance and was tempted to stop the movie several times during play. Finally I had had enough about 3/4 of the way through.There is not much in terms of colors and textures; everything is dark. Characters are not properly portrayed, developed and followed through the movie. All the characters melded together and one got confused as to who is who.The film also suffers from lack of continuity and momentum, plus many parts simply do not make sense. It is disjointed.Much of the tactical movement and action is completely unrealistic and ludicrous.This movie was to be a portrayal of a dramatic, distinguished and historical battle behind the lines, but lacked so much it did not successfully portray anything. Sadly this movie does no justice to the brave heroes who were the real pathfinders. Those old warriors, many of whom were citizen volunteers for the war, are deserving of much, much more than this. If this movie was meant to commemorate or memorialize these men or their sacrifices, it has undoubtedly failed and failed utterly.I cycle through my WW2 DVDs and probably watch each movie twice or more every year. Pathfinders was such a torture to watch that I will probably never watch it again. I would not recommend this movie, and certainly would not recommend buying its DVD.

paullin523 This movie should be awarded the following for Rotten Tomato categories: 1. Worst Directed Movie. After a couple of minutes you wonder what's with the continual "close up" camera angles? Simple, no credible movie sets/scenery, terrible background scenes, over use of constant close up dim light filming. Stupid (vain attempt at) suspenseful background "noise".2. Worst written dialogues. I think a High School Thespian club could do a better job.3. Unimaginable terrible acting. Once again a High School Thespian club can act better this.4. The most fake & incredulous combat scenes anyone can film to the point that it is humorous.5. Best job destroying a possibly good WW2 story script about the US Normandy Airborne invasion.6. This movie is so bad that I felt cheated out the $1.20 Red Box rental fee.7. This movie is so bad that I felt cheated out of the time I spent trying to like this film! (I could've been doing my continuing Ed).8. This movie is so bad that I am ashamed to admit I even rented it.9. Memo to Red Box: Please do everyone a favor and REMOVE it from your rental inventory!

galahad58-1 Pathfinders if the absolute worse military film that I have ever seen. It is a crying shame that our military history was portrayed in such a terrible, cheap way.The acting is non-existent. There is not one single decent performance in this film. Everyone is so wooden and stiff and it feels like they are reading off of a teleprompter. There is no emotion in the entire film and there are pauses between actors that make you think that someone is reminding them of their lines.The entire production is awful. There is a severe lack of directing talent that shows in the terrible acting and the terrible shots.This movie was an insult to the US military and the story that it tries to tell.

Olson-becky I love historical movies. This one sounded so incredible on the promo and like the other reviewers, I wanted to like it. We rented from Red Box. Thank goodness we didn't pay theater prices. Was it even in the theaters? Worst movie we have EVER rented. Within the first 5 minutes I had lost interest completely. Actors seemed like they were reading their lines off cards, music didn't fit. The opening song was not the correct era. Before we knew it was going to be terrible, my husband commented that the song seemed too modern. We fast forwarded to see if it got better. It didn't. Red Box was kind enough to refund our money. Said we were only the 4th customer to rent it. It's not rated, but it should be - D for Don't Bother