Matialth
Good concept, poorly executed.
SincereFinest
disgusting, overrated, pointless
Teddie Blake
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
bruges-952-146477
Let me start by saying I picked this movie up for $3 at a used book store. And frankly, I do not regret it. There is an interesting quality about this movie that leaves me satisfied with the movie experience. It starts with expectations. When your marquee actors are Billy Zane and Michael Madsen, no matter how high budget the DVD case would like you to believe it is, you know going in that it is a B-Movie. Kind of like anything with C. Thomas Howell in it. So if you go in expecting a Saving Private Ryan, that is your oversight, not the makers of this film. Clearly in the aerial shots and crash scene at the beginning, one gets a good idea as to the "budget". There is nothing quality about this movie except maybe the true events surrounding the plot. I'm a fan of art and art history and WWII provides numerous interesting stories about art theft and art rescue. However, whereas the quality of the movie stinks, it's at least interesting. Low-B actors, recognizable character actors from bigger movies (see Tommy Flanagan in Braveheart), bad accents, poor dialogue, and to make matters worse the movie can't decide what it is going to be. Initially it starts out as a serious war movie and by the end of the movie, it had tried to become a Guy Ritchie film. Somewhere in the middle as the Germans steal a truck, hard rock music starts playing and the whole tone of the movie changes. Regardless of how bad this movie is, it is still an enjoyable time waster just to immerse yourself in bad movie-making.
whpratt1
There was plenty of action in this film with various military forces fighting with and against each other all headed in the same direction, a Dutch farm with a strange Wind Mill. If this sounds confusing, it is mainly because the story can be very foggy at times. The main thing to remember that the Nazi's stole very valuable treasures during WW II and this so called war also has a big robbery with plenty of people wanting to get a share of the loot. There is some girls who make an excellent soup for the Germans and you will laugh went you see what the girls put into the wonderful soup. WOW ! There is some romantic scenes, but very brief and performed in that so called windmill. This film has plenty of comedy and it does entertain you for awhile and then the entire film goes Flat on the Spot.
reaper1-2
This film was nothing short of dreadful. In all respects. The acting, the score, the CGI, the setting. The only positive thing I find, is the idea. It is a great idea to hash on, especially if you include the German point of view. But all the rest is just terrible. Especially when a German fighter ( that looked an awful lot like an American P-47) chased them across a field. After having seen that hero-moment, I would have thought that the medic would have done something more useful at the flying boat. The less said about Michael Madsen's role the better. Only the bit at the end in the museum made me smile slightly. For the rest, I thought it a complete waste of time.Please do not pay more than a quid or two, or €2,50 or $4 on this title. It is only to show how a film should not be made.
rixrex
This is really something tough to follow, and it all is presented in a rather pointless manner to start with. There is some big treasure that a whole bunch of folks want to get their hands on, and it's all set in Holland during WW2, which makes for obvious good guy/bad guy models. The first half is just a conglomeration of who all is after this treasure without any real justification as to why. Mostly pretty convoluted and real hard going. Lots of nice scenery, Romania makes a great WW2 setting, as it's probably changed little since 1945. If you can tough out the first 2/3 of this, the finale is pretty interesting and well-done, with 5 different groups going after the treasure. Michael Madsen seems off the ball here. It really seems like he'd been drinking on the set and is buzzed in a couple of scenes, plus he has either a bad toupee or bad hair-dye job. He tries some kind of John Wayne-Patton combo army officer with not much success. Should have forgotten this paycheck. And someone should have told the writer and director that the audience wasn't in on the story sessions, so we can't assume story lines we don't know that aren't shown or well-told.
