I had high hopes for this movie especially I read on the cover it was "based on true events" . It was awful the worst war movie I have seen since Where Eagles Dare. Man the Germans were terrible soldiers, Vinny Jones did not a gun to take out about 20 German Soldiers, about 20 American soldiers killed over 100 German soldiers and never ran out of Ammo --so far fetched . At the end of the movie I was expecting to read about the true events but not word about this movie based on "true events" .The acting is okay but the Company of Heroes is about realistic as Die Hard movies

Saw this on Netflix. Been on a rampage going back and watching old movies to criticize there historical accuracy. Boy, was this movie full of them. First off I would like to say I didn't think the plot was that bad ( it was the only reason I made it all the way through the film). Hit on most of the political Ideologies of the time. However, I could not find any sources saying this operation actually happened. To say at the end "you can tell no body about what happened' is the worst cliché. As for the production and music. I have seen better work done by high schoolers. This must of been one of those lowest budget war films. It seemed to be filmed ENTIRELY in California. With no historical advisor's. Honestly, it looked more like some kid who played too much Call Of Dooty directed this film. I think they spent way too much money on actors and not enough on the actual quality of the film. Historical accuracy: I know that Hollywood acts on the sensationalist aspects of war. However, I don't get it. US troops using Brit guns, Germans with Russian tanks (although it did happen but not to the extent of a whole Panzer division using them), Out of period uniforms. It's a mess. In fact, they were so cheap they actually CGI'd the shooting parts of the movie. All in all I REALLY want to see the if this is based on a true story. So that I can read what really happened. Please Hollywood stop making low budget war films.

I can't call this movie a total waste of time, because I was reading my email while suffering through it. I had to quit watching halfway through. I could take no more.Here's what to do if you know you are making a bad WW2 movie. Get actors that performed well in great WW2 productions, pay them whatever you have to in order to get them in your stinker, and hope they draw people in. Unfortunately, Tom Sizemore from "Saving Private Ryan" + Neal McDonough from "Band of Brothers" + Jürgen Prochnow from "Das Boot" + a bad movie, still = a bad movie.This movie was obviously made by people that know nothing about the military, and didn't care enough to consult with people that do. I knew the movie was in trouble when people kept calling a sergeant "sir" throughout the whole movie. Even if a character was supposed to be ignorant of this, the sergeant would have corrected him. How many times have we heard lines in a movie like, "Don't call me sir. I work for a living." You gotta love how worried they are about a "German" tank they encounter. They had to stop this tank before it overran their whole base, but they use their Bazooka rounds on the accompanying soldiers before FINALLY using it on the tank. This "Super Bazooka" is so powerful, that one shot at the tanks track blows the whole tank up in a huge fireball."The Guys" also have this capability to become things that usually take quite a bit of specialized training and time. Instant snipers. Instant spies.OK. I realize getting the right equipment and weapons is difficult, if not impossible. Still, if you are going to disguise what is probably a Russian T-34 tank as a German tank - at least make it look like an actual German tank, like they did in "Kelly's Heroes". The makers of this movie were content with just hanging pieces of whatever all over these tanks so they looked like anything besides what they actually were.The best equipment goof was the train engine seen in most of the close shots. A typical old steam locomotive usually seen in old westerns, and of the type used in the late 19th century, complete with "cow catcher", large stack and cab.This movie doesn't seem to know what it is trying to be either. Is it trying to be an alternate history, like "Inglourious Basterds"? That would be the only way to explain the Nazis having anything close to nuclear weapons capabilities. Is it trying to be like a graphic novel, with all the blood squirting, body-squishing tank scenes? Is it a comic book, with it's main antagonist adorned with some weird metal leg brace, walking cane, and serious (bad) comic book persona.The only thing that looks halfway decent is the uniforms. Some people have commented about wrong patches and insignia, but the overall look-and-feel seems right. OK. I've never heard of anyone in the RAF (Vinnie Jones character) wearing berets or calling themselves the British Air Force or anything other than RAF.A terrible movie with so much wrong with it that all I can say is that it MIGHT be better than "Ardennes Fury". Watch it for free if you want a good laugh.

I surmised from the title and cast that this movie would be a stinker, and it certainly was, but it did have its redeeming qualities, few as they may be. Yes the plot was profoundly absurd from every possible military and behavioral angle, the reliance on boring German clichés was preposterous and gratuitously executed, and the acting was generally abysmal, but it was crudely entertaining enough to rate a 2 out of 10. However, even ascribing this movie to pure fiction cannot forgive the producer and director for having Tom Sizemore repeat verbatim dialogue from Saving Private Ryan, or having the cast act alongside manikins and shoot numerous faceless enemies even as their named compatriots fall to every 100th bullet or 10th tank shell. I did find the atheist and possibly homosexual protagonist Nate (Chad Michael Collins) to be a hugely refreshing twist on the standard WWII hero yarn, the "Polack" (Diatchenko) a fun but implausible character, and Vinnie Jones (RAF dude, Brent Willoughby) to be great. Unfortunately, Beimier (Richard Sammel), the main SS antagonist, had to have some sort bionic leg and titanium-handled cane to make him detestable when in reality such people required no more than a pen. This movie is pure fiction at its worst.