![]() ![]() The movie portrays the Germans as professional soldiers. This movie could easily fit in the miniseries Band of Brothers, and would outshine all those other episodes. But most effective of all was the telling of life in the trenches. Extremely effective combat scenes, which I claim raise the bar on Saving Private Ryan. The Good: Excellent story, and excellent manner in which it was told. I mean seriously, is every 1940 car going to be running around snow country spotless and with new wax? This is a minor point, but it would have been very easy for the filmmaker to address. Great pains were made to make this film an extremely effective period piece, at the cost of all the memorabilia being in museum quality. The German general waving his finger around like he's clever, the two older people reciting Pollyanna lines at the end of the movie. The Bad: We gotta take points away because many of the actors were just noobs. Between the prospect of the life and love, Dorine that waits at home and the harsh realities of war which marks the pivotal epoch in his life as he discovers that the loss of hope can be worse than the loss of life. Based on actual accounts "Everyman's War" explores the heroic events of this decorated veterans courage and the struggle between duty and desire. ![]() Smith is left with no choice but to make his way through enemy fire, unarmed and wounded, into town and warn of the coming attack. As the pre-dawn attack comes, with communications down Sgt. No one in high command believed that German forces would attack in the sub zero temperatures and near blizzard conditions. His squad of GI's of the 94th Infantry Division lay dug in on the ridge-line outside of town. Outgunned and outnumbered, S/ Sgt Don Smith struggles to find hope and courage against overwhelming odds in one of the decisive confrontations in the "Battle of the Bulge" during WWII. ![]() As the seasoned infantry and tank units of the German 11th Panzer "Ghost" division move silently into position on the snow covered hills around Nennig Germany ,a battle weary GI and his unit stand ready to defend the small town, a key position in the Allied advance to win the war. ![]()
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