titanfall-94774
On the surface, the movie seems like a youtube quality fan film made by a group of friends with a good idea. The effect is hilariously bad and ruin the tense atmosphere that the movie desperately tried to build. The pacing is either too slow at the beginning or too fast toward the end once the mystery is unraveled. The story leaves much to be desired since there are plot point that are out of place or completely useless (i.e. the romantic scene). There is an excess of character that are so lack in distinguishing features and personality which made it hard to remember who is who and who mattered. But among the horribly written cast of characters, a few stood out, and that was the reason why I watched the movie for its entirety. Praises must be given to the actors since they really delivered a strong performance however stereotypical. For example, the stereotypical image of a Nazi commander is of a proud and cold monster in a man skin, with distinctive gestures, head movements, and a almost believable german accent (which is one thing I can appreciate since the everyone have a british accent). Would I recommend the movie? Absolutely not. However, there is a good chance that if one stumbled across this movie, they might be able to enjoy it at their own leisure.
homerchrist
First of all, this "based on actual events" gets thrown around a lot these days. Yes its true, WWII did happen. That's probably as far as I would accept the "true events" aspect is. It's a war movie with a supernatural theme running through it. The acting is not bad and it takes us back to the WWII movies of the 60's and 70's where the nazi's were always played by Brits. There is one ss Lt that has a German accent for some unknown reason, as everyone else in nazi gray has a British accents. It has some hard to follow parts, the spontaneous combustion and resurrection in some kind of time warp for example. Thats just one of the many flaws that you will come across in this movie. If you're looking for Oscar (tm) caliber performances or writing, look elsewhere. If you want a movie that doesn't take much thought and is a decent time killer, give this one a try. Don't expect much in the way of horror though. Its fun for what it is, a "B" movie that knows its a "B" movie.
murada1967
I tried so hard to watch this film as love anything WWII themed but gave up three quarters of the way through. I think there is a glimmer of a good film trying to get out. It let down on the whole by an incoherent story and terrible acting by all concerned. I am no military expert but all the equipment looked accurate and the effects OK (the CGI planes were rubbish) and the battle scenes (they aren't many) quite well done. I love horror films too there have been one or two great movies with WWII and horror combined. However let down by confusing story and but most of all rubbish acting. The story as it is: a group of German soldiers (including some good Germans and some bad Nazis - mostly with English accents) agree to accompany a Professor looking for something (never found out what) in what appears to be a haunted Romanian wood. What ensues is a lot of good v bad German stuff, some ghostly children, people turning to ash and other weird stuff. Most spooky of all was the acting.
mr_hirst
Watched this the other night and it's far better than most recent b movie nazi horrors that it might got pigeon-holed with such as Iron Sky. The director shows real promise and the effects stand up well for something that is low budget. I class The Keep as the top of the game when it comes to Nazi horror, and this is not like that at all, but again it is superior to the likes of Dead Snow and Iron Sky. If you like zombies, war, and good old fashioned b-movie horror then this is well above the average. I really enjoyed it and will definitely watch it again with some friends and a few beers one night.
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