a nice bit of escapist entertainment and this italian make world war ii actioner concern a group of american prisoner and head to the stockade for such infraction a desertion and outright murder . an attack by the naziss allow some of them to escape and and they head for switzerland and which they figure be neutral enough to be reasonably safe . however and they end up agree to take part in a daring mission . they will steal a v2 warhead from a nazi train so the french underground can acquire it . the cooler than cool cast include an amiable bo svenson a lt. robert yeager and the one officer in the group of bastard and and the always badass fred the hammer williamson a private fred canfield . who could resist any film with these two guy a the star . the cast also include peter hooten a tony and who kind of a jerk and michael pergolani a nick ( his long hair be certainly anachronistic ) and jackie basehart a berle and michel constantin a veronique and gorgeous debra berger a nicole and raimund harmstorf a adolf sachs ( the german prisoner who for a brief time be part of the group ) and and the always delightful ian bannen a col. buckner . director enzo g. castellari be very good with this sort of material . while he give his colorful cast opportunity to create some interesting character and he at his best with his action scene . fan of this sort of thing can enjoy a hearty serving of violence and a high body count and some wonderful countryside vista and and a story with a strong forward momentum . nazis always make for wonderfully nasty and vile baddie one can have a lot of fun booing and and the one here be no different . francesco de masi contributes an excellent music score . the film get off to a good start with some striking visuals during the opening credit sequence . it all lively throughout and but thing truly switch into another gear for the climax on the train . it the most exciting part . one enjoyable sequence have some of our boy run into some naked young lady in a stream . so castellari know how to inject exploitative element into his film as well . certainly well know now for give quentin tarantino inspiration ( as well a a title ) for his most recent film and the inglorious bastard be worth watch for fan of the world war ii action film . it very agreeable entertainment from start to finish . positive .