Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

doggett-clint Aside from the shooting contest scene, I found the second movie to be a bit more believable than the first. The two have similar plot lines, the whole 'behind enemy lines' thing, but the ending to the first was ridiculous:As the soldiers are chased down by an enemy squad in the first movie, they are pulling off head shots like it's a carnival shooting game; and nobody is even good at those. They way they hold off that squad, taking out so many of their men is completely unrealistic and it puts the German soldiers in an unfair and somewhat insulting light. Nobody shoots that good under that kind of pressure, no matter what side you are on. But I digress.Saints & Soldiers: Airborne Creed was a lot more believable in this regard and I was satisfied. I felt there was a MUCH better balance between the two sides in how they engaged in combat. Casualties taken on both side were realistic, and there were no crack shot superheroes. I also enjoyed the interaction with the French freedom fighters; it's something I never really considered in a time of war. I could tell this movie had a larger budget than the first as well, there were a lot more vehicles and fly-overs and such, which gave it a larger feeling. The acting felt real, and the emotional scenes were done well; it gives you something to connect to as the viewer.Overall I think this is a notable low-budget war flick that appeals to your humanity; definitely worth a watch or two.

Don Wagner Loads of historical inaccuracies and a very unrealistic depiction of what the war was actually like. Maybe they had to edit out a bunch of footage, but the scenes are discombobulated in terms of both action and time sequence. Granted this was not a high-budget epic, but guess what – emotive dialogue and people behaving in believable ways is free! With so many really good war movies out there, I am surprised this show has a following, but I am guessing the reason is just a matter of personal taste – like some people watch Forensic Files because they like accurate depictions of crime-solving, while other people much prefer Scooby Doo.

Sara Epifany Erceg The most horrible display of camera action ever recorded. During the first half of the movie, we never see more than 5 people in the same screen, so it gives off a feeling of what seems to be a total of 5 people running in and out of the same god-damn wheat field. The action scenes are horribly recorded with a blurry, shaky, camera and absolutely predictable action, and the first 1 hour of the film has no purpose, as most of the cast is executed in the most ridiculous attempt at heroic duty anyone would ever think of. And then the film concludes in the same horrible fashion. I would give it negative score if only to prevent other people from watching it.

Alex Heaton (azanti0029) Of the deluge of low budget World War II movies coming out of both Europe and the USA this little indie effort is better than most. I can see where great care has been given here to getting people who sound German to speak German, French to speak French. It may not have been shot in the South of France, but the DOP has spent some considerable care to give the film the warm tones of that part of Europe and the CGI shots blend nicely to convince of this too. The plot is a little wish washy, men taking part in Dragoon, (The invasion of the South of France, August 1944) end up helping the French resistance on an unrelated mission. The number of characters is kept small and simple and the action scenes are nicely directed. The acting here is earnest, the cast aren't going to win any Oscars, but they don't make the mistake of over selling their performances like so many inexperienced actors would. Everyone here does a good job. Its a small film and a small story, so don't be expecting Band of Brothers, but its well made with care and love and a great example of how to make a small but interesting film, as opposed to the terrible 'Rhineland' which felt like a bunch of re-in-actors out on a jolly. Here you can tell everyone involved wanted to make a good authentic film with a bit of heart, they succeeded. If you liked the original your unlikely to be too disappointed, I personally wasn't and this has made it into my WW2 Collection.