An international All Star cast in a spaghetti "western" filmed in Spain about the French Foreign Legions exploits in Morocco right after the first World War.
Sounds like it could be good. It's really not.
Terrence Hill, of European Trinity fame, seems to be in a completely different movie than Gene Hackman, while Catherine Deneuve clearly is mere eye candy and Max Von Sydow is ... well, I don't know what he is, to be honest.
While Hackman is deadly serious all through out - Hill does a lot of silly high Jinx.
I guess, since that is what made Hill popular in the first place, in the comedic movies, he did with Bud Spencer, the producers figured, we'll put some of that in this movie too.
The movie is also surprisingly slow moving with very little action. (There IS a lot of marching, so at least the title is spot on.) Instead, we get a lot of close ups of Deneuve and Hackman looking very seriously into the distance - while Hill is winking and doing silly stunts.
Again begging the question: Is this a drama, a comedy or an action adventure movie - or something else entirely?
What ever movie, they set out make, the result they got is a mess - and not a very entertaining one at that.
Sounds like it could be good. It's really not.
Terrence Hill, of European Trinity fame, seems to be in a completely different movie than Gene Hackman, while Catherine Deneuve clearly is mere eye candy and Max Von Sydow is ... well, I don't know what he is, to be honest.
While Hackman is deadly serious all through out - Hill does a lot of silly high Jinx.
I guess, since that is what made Hill popular in the first place, in the comedic movies, he did with Bud Spencer, the producers figured, we'll put some of that in this movie too.
The movie is also surprisingly slow moving with very little action. (There IS a lot of marching, so at least the title is spot on.) Instead, we get a lot of close ups of Deneuve and Hackman looking very seriously into the distance - while Hill is winking and doing silly stunts.
Again begging the question: Is this a drama, a comedy or an action adventure movie - or something else entirely?
What ever movie, they set out make, the result they got is a mess - and not a very entertaining one at that.