brooksht
The Lost Battalion is probably the single best movie made in the past 2,000 years. I loved the part where they burnt their coffee to make the Germans think they were eating. The part where they got bombed by their own troops was good too. I liked the one guy from Texas too. 10/10 would watch again.
lilita-jpb
1) I am not weapon expert, but even i can see difference between U.S. army riffles in WWI and WWII. In movie we can see privates, armed with "M1 Garand" (invented in year 1932!), not authentic "1903 Springfield" (aka "Silent Death"), who privates use until WWII. Difference - M1 can load 1,5 times more ammunition and 3 times more fire rate! M1 was semi - automatic, Springfield requires reloading after every shot. Little difference?! 2) German army uniforms has borrowed from 1940 Year too. Especially - helmets. German helmets until end of WWI have significant pike on top, we cannot see even one in movie. And if we make little additional search in archives - how much truthful is this "True Story"? I am surprised, how much "truthful" can be film directors in a pursuit of cheap propagation.
Claudio Carvalho
In 1918 in World War I, in the Meuse-Argonne Sector in France, the former New York lawyer and Major Charles White Whittlesey (Rick Schroder) is assigned by Gen. Robert Alexander (Michael Brandon) to a massive suicidal attack against the German forces in the Argonne Forest with his five hundred men battalion. However, the forces supposed to be giving support through the flanks retreat and the communications with the headquarter of the 77th American Division are cut. Major Wittlesey holds his position with his men, mostly Irish, Polish, Italian and Jew gangsters from New York, surrounded by the German army. Without food, water, ammunition and medical supplies, only two hundred men survive after five days of siege.Based on a true event, "The Lost Battalion" is a great tale of bravery and courage. I do not know how accurate the facts are displayed, but I liked this movie very much. The battle scenes are very gore and realistic, in a war of trenches and bayonets, and the actors have great performances, being impossible to highlight an individual acting. Just as a curiosity, this film does not have any actress, only men in the cast. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "O Último Batalhão" ("The Last Battalion")
evan330
I know nothing about what the combat soldier goes through, I was in the USAF as a mechanic on the flightline, I served in Vietnam, I have had the joys of being rocketed, heavily, frequently, that is as close as I got to war.I feel the realities of a combat soldier and the efforts of the officers to lead them, even in the face of tremendous odds, was well illustrated in this movie. War is not a nice little game of checkers. It is about dying and doing things you would not do in any moment of sanity.This movie exemplified my view of what these men, and today some of the women go through. It is not about medals and parades, it is about leadership, and doing what you must, it isn't about choice, if it were, we would all speak German, Russian or Japanese, or be learning farsi or arabic, because any sane person would have fled and the enemy would have won. Thank god, they stood their ground, for without them, freedom and choice would have died out long ago.For those who have a problem with the US and their efforts at any time in the last 100 years, had we not been willing to die for freedom, ours and yours, you would not be here now. The US is the only reason their is any examples of freedom left in the world today. Many within my country are willing to pull the US down, to vilify them and prostate them selves before those who seek our end. Well, my only comment is, you will miss us when we are gone.Evan
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