the last drop could have be a good ww ii film have the writer and director decide on the focus . the directorial choice vary from very fine ( mix black and white grainy shot from war footage with stagy though competent setting in color ) to questionable ( allow a musical score include steel guitar music and contemporary sound to intrude into a time when such instrumentation be not even know ) to mediocre ( allow the actor to be caricature instead of player in a tense drama ) . essentially the story be set before christmas with the dropping of troop via glider into holland to secure a secret mission involve loot nazi treasure . the german be fast drive to capture it and send it to berlin before the ally land . the british team be determine to maintain custody of the good until war end . and then of course there be a group of self promote german who simply want to capture the treasure for their own reward . not a bad set of conflict and but the film problem be center on some bad casting choice that prevent the momentum from be a relentlessly forward a good war film should . some of the cast member look so much alike that it become difficult to determine just who be who represent in one case this be intentional a the plot reveals in it end and but in most case it be a problem due to cramp dialect and stiff acting and and over the top parody . with the exception of billy zane and michael madsen there be no big name here and in many way that be a good thing because the two star be the weak character . though the plot outline have possibility what be war but greed under different name the mixture of ribald humor and gut wrench realism fail to make the story work . grady harp .