OT: War Movie Review/Recommendation Thread

[Rainbow Six]

I liked the new Dredd which was far better than Stallone's version back in the 90's and I used to read 2000AD when I was younger. There is some talk about a sequal. I think the original Robocop on the other hand was just better in every way than the new one.

I liked the new one a lot. I thought it did quite a good job of capturing the way Dredd was in 2000AD much of the time - he wasn't on an epic mission to save Mega City 1, it was just a normal day in his life. And he kept his helmet on.

The remake of Red Dawn had issues, but its one of them films where if you can just ignore the fact its a remake, its not so bad.

I thought it was terrible.

Been a while since I last saw it, but one of the best War films I've ever seen is a Korean one called Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taegukgi_%28film%29

(Obviously link has spoilers)

Well worth a look.

[Tombot]

MadMax II

For the oldschool-MadMax-Gang: Kyuss & Mel

https://www.youtube.com/watchv=SYpeA0Jm98k

[Sanjuro]

Testament of Youth.

Beautifully shot, well acted by a cast who were convincingly close to the age of the historical characters (typically 18-22). Historically accurate in many ways, even for shots no more than 5 seconds long. Very true to the book, with only minor conflating of characters and events.

Having said all that, I didn't enjoy a single minute of it. Google Vera Brittain and you will understand.

[Raellus]

Come and See

Come and See is a Russian movie released in 1985, about a partisan recruit in 1943 Belorussia. I'm not sure what it's viewing availability is, but I rented it from Netflix on DVD (disc 1 of a Criterion Collection set).

In some ways, Come and See plays like an art film. The dialogue is sparing and there's no major battle scenes. The film focusses on the war's impact on civilians. The final act is pretty brutal, although very little gore is shown. The lead actor- a teenager- has the most intense shocked face I've ever seen. It's not a typical war movie, but it's worth checking out. Just don't expect to see much combat during its 2-hour and 20-minute run time.

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[pmulcahy11b]

One of my favorites, which the Military Channel is currently showing about one a week lately, is the WW1 movie The Lost Battalion. It's World War 1, but has a kind of T2K feel, in the circumstances involved in the fight.

[Apache6]

Beast of No Nation is semi historic and has a T2K feel to it.

Beast of No Nation is about a African civil war, but to me it's got a T2K feel to it.

[pmulcahy11b]

There is of course, the chilling Threads, for a total nuclear exchange and the aftermath (nightmare-inducing); but I've always liked Testament for a view of what's going on back home.

[Legbreaker]

Can't recommend The Front Line enough.
Last days of the Korean war.

https://youtu.be/dxFbRg9HS8Y

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Can't recommend The Front Line enough.
Last days of the Korean war.
https://youtu.be/dxFbRg9HS8Y

I'll second that recommendation.


And for something from the first days of the Korean War (although it came across as a tad melodramatic to me sometimes), Brotherhood Of War.

https://www.youtube.com/watchv=nm2aZz45pGE

Points for spotting the factual errors in the film (I noticed a couple of them but apparently there's far more, about a dozen I'm told)

[swaghauler]

THE OUTPOST has recently come out. It is based on the book and also loosely references the book RED PLATOON. I have yet to see it but my players have and highly endorse it.

[Raellus]

Mosul

I just watched Mosul on Netflix. I thought it was pretty good. Not a perspective one sees very often. If nothing else, the combat scenes are beautifully shot.

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[Targan]

I watched it too after the recommendation on the Facebook T2K page. I thought it was an excellent film. Incredibly bleak though.

[Spartan-117]

I want to watch that one (Mosul). Is there anything about the dam in it I'm evac site if it goes and there was always talk of it being bombed back in the day.

[Raellus]

Hot Dam!

I want to watch that one (Mosul). Is there anything about the dam in it I'm evac site if it goes and there was always talk of it being bombed back in the day.

No mention of the dam, unless it's in the original Arabic and the sub-titlist missed it.

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[swaghauler]

That Old Christmas Menace

https://youtu.be/AuZ1BD0-_Vg