Battle of Blood Island

Rating:
Summary: One star is too generous
Review: I mistakenly bought this movie to add to my DVD/VHS war movie collection. Wow, what a mistake. This movie is the absolute worst. This movie, along with "The Fighting Rats of Tobruk", are the two worst movies in the war movie genre that I have ever seen. The phony battle scenes with fake guns and no real ammo--blank or otherwise--are hilarious at best. The actors--if you could call them that--shake the guns to immitate firing while someone added the phony sound effects. Unreal.

Although the plot was not totally a loss, this still has to be one of the worst war movies ever on the lowest budget ever. Please save your money unless you just want a good laugh. I tossed this one in the trash.

Rating:
Summary: pretty bad.......
Review: If you are a big war film addict, as I am, and feel that you need to see every war film ever made, as I do, then you should probably see Battle of Blood Island. But anyone else dont bother, I could recommend 50-100 better war movies. It is not completely without merit. The story isn't terrible..... but the director failed to make even the slightest effort at making the battle scenes look anything but ridiculous. Would blanks for the rifles have pushed the film so far over budget that they would not have been worth while? Instead the shooters of the rifles (the Japanese, mostly) merely point the rifle and jerk their body to make the appearance that it was fired, but it is very obviously not fired at all. I have seen most of the war films out there and I've never seen this "technique" before. Most people would consider this film a joke, but if you are interested in the genre, and the history of the WWII film genre itself, you might find this vaguely interesting. Its cheap and its short, so you wouldn't be investing much.......but be aware, you get what you pay for.

Rating:
Summary: You call THAT a battle????
Review: The previous reviewer was spot on regarding the merits of the movie as such. It is a kind of poor man's "Heaven Knows Mr. Alison" substituting the sick nun with a badly wounded fellow G.I. What little action there is is pretty woeful. Here's the part that wasn't mentioned before: The Alpha DVD is not the worst quality I've seen, but it certainly isn't what dvd is all about. The picture is a bit murky and it could have been a heck of a lot sharper. Otherwise, it is quite watchable, but expect second rate VHS quality. Again, you get what you pay for....this time, maybe a little less. The great cover art and title has precious little to do with the film.

Rating:
Summary: You call THAT a battle????
Review: The previous reviewer was spot on regarding the merits of the movie as such. It is a kind of poor man's "Heaven Knows Mr. Alison" substituting the sick nun with a badly wounded fellow G.I. What little action there is is pretty woeful. Here's the part that wasn't mentioned before: The Alpha DVD is not the worst quality I've seen, but it certainly isn't what dvd is all about. The picture is a bit murky and it could have been a heck of a lot sharper. Otherwise, it is quite watchable, but expect second rate VHS quality. Again, you get what you pay for....this time, maybe a little less. The great cover art and title has precious little to do with the film.

Rating:
Summary: It Stinks
Review: This movie is the worst. I bought it to add to my WWII collection, but am still considering throwing it in the trash. I can't imagine why anyone would even make a movie this bad. The plot is not bad but the acting and expecially the props (uniforms, helmets, guns, etc.) are humorous at best. The shooting is so fake even my five year old grandson was laughing. The actors use non-firing guns and shake them to imitate firing with uncoordinated sound effects added. ONE STAR IS AN INFLATED RATING FOR THIS LOSER.