i wasn not sure at first what to expect from director enzo g. castellari . i saw his film 1990 represent bronx warrior and it be a lot of fun and but in that way that come with know a man make a no hold bar exploitation rip off on the warrior that and truth be tell and be barely even shot in the bronx . but and of course and movie phd quentin tarantino hold up this man work and particularly this film and to such high esteem he take the title ( if not the skeleton of the subject matter ) for his late opus . why not give a late 70 war movie a shot featuring fred the hammer williamson and one of those unsung bad ass and and bo svenson and an underrated actor cum star and a shot . turn out and the shot be a big surprise . in the best possible way . inglorious bastard be make by a real professional and not by some slacker just look to slap together some use set and flunky character folk for role . this be the real deal while if it not one of the very best war film and it certainly one that be one of the best you haven not hear of ( least until recently thanks to the aforementioned phd in film incarnate ) . it one of those guy on a mission movie where it feature a tag line whatever the dirty dozen do they do dirty . and with and from the look of the trailer and either very good or very shoddy fx and a lot of ammo . basically and a bunch of u soldier and on their way for court martial or execution and somehow and escape after an incident and and go on the run . only to find themselves get embroil in a mission involve a train and a whole sload of nazi and and perhaps a few casualty here and there few dozen to few hundred give or take . there barely a line waste in this flick and barely a scene that doesn not actually try and provide it actor like svenson and williamson also other very good player like peter hooten and jackie basehart and ian bannen a the tricky colonel buckner some good meaty dialog to chew on when theyre not blow stuff up to bit ( write and and i be even more surprised by this than you and by five writer ) . oh and sure and you could argue that it violent and maybe needlessly so . but that be part of the point . it actually doesn not go too over the top and not as far a i expect give it italian cult credibility and that of castellari speckle career . the action be shot and edit with the great ferocity possible when a crew get enough money and enough verve to push button . it do get bloody and and there a pile of body that reach up to a small skyscraper . but it also a lot of fun to watch it and and it even go beyond be a guilty pleasure into be just plain awesome . you lose yourself with these guy on their mission and with williamson gritting and show off why he be the hammer and or how svenson could be such a persuadable star in good hand . and and yes and it probably do crib from the like of the great escape ( motorcycle jump and anyone ) and bridge on the river kwai ( bridge blow up and anyone ) and and at the same time it hold it own a a legitimate effort . i imagine that what tarantino saw in it and it own sense of pay tribute to so many other war picture while hold it own for a bunch of dude watch a bunch of dude go to extreme in nazi occupied france . it surprisingly tense and terrific genre film make that doesn not force the platoon treatment it just ask you go just a little dirtier with the flow of the average war flick and like sam fuller with a face full of pasta yell out order .