Kiley remains committed, heading to the Siegfried Line front where he meets a battle hardened crew watching the Germans not more than a quarter mile away, led by Major Wolenski ( Charles Bronson ).īack in the German barracks, Hessler is put in command of a Panzer division however, with Germany having taken on such large casualties, he’s left with only young boys fresh from the academy with little to no battle experience, determined to demonstrate their courage. Grey ( Robert Ryan ) who while wanting to believe him, just can’t take the risk rolling out such a significant number of troops in preparation. Kiley admonishes his superiors officers of the suspected attack, including an old friend Gen. As a kid, this is the type of action film that’d make me jump from my seat, grab my toy weapons cache, and go play war in the backyard for a couple hours until I tired myself out and needed another dose of inspiration. While I’ll stick to Epic World War 2 Action Movies, you could easily call this War Porn, as the film glorifies all manner of machines, vehicles, and guns. ![]() One of the best description for movies such as Volcano (1997), Twister (1996), 2012 (2009), San Andreas (2015), etc. There he meets his superior, General Kohler ( Werner Peters ), who walks him through an incredible series of corridors and rooms, showing everything from a mini-cooper sized Panzer tank model, to a war room with an ornate switchboard, helping them to coordinate their every move while walking us through the story. Kiley is convinced otherwise believing that a massive force was hiding in the Ardennes the place where Hessler is headed. At the time, Allied forces had assumed the worst was behind them, and that Nazi Germany would fall in a matter of months. Colonel Daniel Kiley ( Henry Fonda ) and his pilot on a reconnaissance mission, eventually flying overhead of who would become Kiley’s primary villain, Nazi Colonel Martin Hessler ( Robert Shaw ). In grand cinemascope, flying above the skies of the Ardennes Forest, we meet Lt. Not knowing a thing about the film (beyond the obvious), an Overture kicks off and the credits begin to roll. It’s watching these films that you realize how inferior modern VFX are by comparison, and why a film like Dunkirk (2017) is a far more powerful cinematic experience than cramming each action sequence in with as much computer graphics as possible.īattle of the Bulge is directed by the same Ken Annakin who gave us The Longest Day with this one in color (I was expecting black and white) and one of the few films from the sub-genre I’ve seen on Blu-Ray. Where Eagles Dare (1968) was the last one I watched, and while not perfect, the closing sequence is one of the most incredible action scenes ever created. A Bridge Too Far (1945), The Longest Day (1962), Van Ryan’s Express (1965), The Guns of Navarone (1961), and Kelly’s Heroes (1970) all utilized grand set pieces, with countless numbers of tanks, planes, and soldiers packed into every scene. ![]() Similar to good popular 90s films, I’ve coming to the bottom of the bucket in terms of the Epic World War 2 action films produced from the 50s through the 70s. ![]() Producer: Sidney Harmon, Milton Sperling, Philip Yordan, and Dino De Laurentiis Writer: Bernard Gordon, John Melson, Milton Sperling, and Philip Yordan
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