A totally rubbish crap film, probably one of the most terrible war movie I have ever seen. It is even injurious to compare this to CROSS OF IRON, even in mind. Brainless film supported by terrible acting and editing. German soldiers are here shown as dumb, whom they were certainly not, action sequences lousy at the most, and this French farmer who speaks french with an American accent !!!! This is not the only war movie never released in french theatres and I understand why...One good sequence although, when the soldier cuts his own toe with a cuttings which doesn't prevent him to run like a rabbit just after. The production design, for such a small budget feature, maybe is rather acceptable, but that's all. The story is so dumb...I won't speak of the ending, sooooo predictable. This kind of war movie makes me puke. Avoid it at all costs !!!!

I stumbled across this on Netflix one night when I couldn't sleep, so I gave it a shot, drawn in by the plot synopsis. Let's be clear--"Guns of Navarone" it ain't but I found it to be extremely well produced and executed, chocked full with tons of action. Hard to understand some of these British accents at times and the script was low on character development. I didn't like the ending. Without spoiling, a character dies who should not have. Better than I expected. Worth seeing if you're not going to demand much.I'm not familiar with any of the cast, but now I want to see what else they've done.

If this was a made for TV film then it's OK and, more or less, worth a watch. If it wasn't then shame on the producers. Alright, it's quite clear that they had very little money to work with but having the Germans and Allies fighting by standing in a line very close together and firing without even bothering to find cover is just plain lazy. To be fair, the main actors are reasonable but I kind of gave up about 15 minutes from the end. I wouldn't go as far as to say that I wanted one of the Germans to come to life and shoot me to put me out of my misery but the thought did cross my mind. However, if this was a film made by a bunch of lads on a shoestring budget then they may be on to something but next time ask some old soldier about basic battle drills.

Writer & director Dominic Burns and co-scenarist Jeremy Sheldon must have watched director Brian G. Hutton's "Where Eagles Dare" (1968) when they scripted their secret mission World War II movie "Allies." Although the Burns & Sheldon screenplay, with "Riot" scribe James Crow receiving story credit, bears a great deal of resemblance to the Alistair MacLean penned "Where Eagles Dare, "Allies" isn't a comparable tour-de-force thriller. Nevertheless, this low-budget wartime actioneer delivers the goods in spades when a lone American officer commanding of group of seasoned British commandos plunge behind enemy lines on the eve of the Battle of the Bulge to create havoc. Like "Where Eagles Dare," a saboteur lurks in the wings while our guys set out to relieve a German officer of his map pouch so they can find out where the big guns are station. Happily, the British aren't too taken with an American leading them, but Brigadier General Groves (Steve Hartley of "Split Second") points out to the reluctant English that Americans concocted the plan. Unfortunately, the U.S. Rangers are otherwise preoccupied with other critical concerns, so the best resource turns out to be the British. Initially, the British encounter difficulties getting along with their leader, Captain Gabriel Jackson (Julian Ovenden of "The Forsyte Saga"), but they manage to resolve their differences. They find themselves up to their ears in Germans, and sometimes the Germans get the upper hand. Burns paints his heroes into a corner and springs several surprises, particularly with regard to the saboteur. The chief debit of "Allies" is that the objective that they seek is just maps, but the enemy does pose a genuine threat. The two guys who have little use for each other, Jackson and Sergeant Harry McBain (Chris Reilly of "Game of Thrones"), resolve their differences under gunfire. Burns stages several decent action scenes, and the cast is sturdy enough. "Allies" ranks as an above-average World War II actioneer in a budget.