Battle Force is not a complete waste of time. The camera work is competent, the actors do try very hard and some of the combat effects are okay(though not much more than that). But nothing else works. The rest of the effects are slipshod at best while the settings look rather limited. The script is of poor quality, with a lot of unbearably cheesy lines, there are a couple of reasonably fun ones but they are all too far and between. The story is too stretched out and felt as though it had concluded far too soon, most of the second half felt like contrived filler. We learn nothing about the characters and we are indifferent to them also, no matter how hard the actors try. The action lacked any kind of momentum or professionalism, and the film was just dully paced and flatly directed.All in all, I do try and be fair to me, and while there are much worse and there are a few redeeming merits Battle Force was not good at all. 3/10 Bethany Cox

It was like I was watching Hogan's Hero's. The difference was that Hogan's hero's was supposed to be funny, this movie was trying to be serious. The comic relief had a horrible southern accent. The terrain looked more like southern California instead of Italy. I just love how each person had about 5000 rounds of ammunition for each battle scene. In the movie there is a Nazi who stands still with a hand gun and 5 people are shooting at him with machine guns and never gets shot. Horrible movie. The only reason I kept watching was so that I could make fun of it and write a review. The "good guys" run across a stream with machine guns blazing and not one of them get hit. I think a 10 year old wrote the script.

A special forces group fighting against odds on a suicidal mission. So much to the story, which is a workable plot. Equipment, at least on the Allied side, looks authentic. Individual acting is not bad, sometimes above average, maybe even too slick at points. The Nazi officer is overdrawn. The problem is the lack of combat feel. Some of the worst shootings in movie history. Special forces not able to aim, the Germans not doing any better. Tactics, group movement, avoiding ambushes (if there were any)...forget it. Surprisingly good close and knife combat between the LT and an Italian guy. A few minutes later, surprisingly underwhelming close combat between the LT and some other guy (saving the spoiler). The amusing thing is, the movie is not the typical B class movie that needs 30 seconds to quit, but is entertaining in its own way, with its mix of setting and dialogue, esp. with the Missouri GI. 70% watchable, the rest is running around and shooting...and missing.

Let me begin by stating I suffered permanent brain damage watching this film. Just a little warning before we begin.I appreciate the effort put into to making a film...I really do. Not much here to praise outside the competent camera work. This poor creature should be put down and given a decent burial.This film revolves around a group of 1st Special Service Force guys scoping out Sicily prior to the allied invasion. Hey guys, the 1st SSF was never used in Sicily since the unit was heading for the Aleutians at the time. If I'm wrong I apologize.The actors try hard. There just isn't much to work with. Watch for the largest 101st Airborne paratrooper in history. Probably took two chutes for him to make it to the ground safely. Check out the lip gloss on one of the partisan chicks. Very popular in Sicily at the time.The combat scenes, if you can call them that, are just awful. Come on guys, there has to be someone in California who did a hitch in the Army Infantry. A little tactical advice could have gone a long way.My suggestion is to dig up a copy of the "Devil's Brigade" with William Holden and watch that if you want a good war film with 1st Special Service Force action.