do people rate this movie highly because it a foreign war movie . to me it nothing more than a bad hollywood war movie in german . this movie be so bad on so many level . to even mention it along with platoon or full metal jacket be absurd . the battle sequence be pathetic and the dialog and act atrocious . this so called group of storm trooper be regular in the wermacht . not ss troop . there be so much wrong with this movie it sad . bad editing and bad acting . it get it all . the movie go on and on and on a though the audience should be make to suffer as much a the soldier do . i read in a review that the this film have a $ 20 million budget . for real . where be it spend . in the fake train car sequence . in the pathetic special effect . ugh . a a wwii history buff and and wwii movie fan and i find this movie to be a serious disappointment . for an excellent alternative war movie check out the beast . ( not a wwii movie and but still outstanding ) don not bother with this one .