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4.3/10
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A rag tag unit of misfits known as the War Pigs must go behind enemy lines to exterminate Nazis by any means necessary.A rag tag unit of misfits known as the War Pigs must go behind enemy lines to exterminate Nazis by any means necessary.A rag tag unit of misfits known as the War Pigs must go behind enemy lines to exterminate Nazis by any means necessary.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
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Did you know
- TriviaThe millipede gun was a real device that was being developed by the Nazis during WWII but it was never used in Italy. The French site was at Mimoyecques in the Pas-de-Calais. The site was put out of action by RAF Lancasters carrying Barnes Wallis' Earthquake or Tallboy bombs on 6th July 1944.
- GoofsCPT/LT Wosick is shown wearing airborne wings over a combat infantryman's badge (CIB) on his left breast pocket. This is NOT in accordance with US Army regulations which stipulates the wearing of the CIB over the airborne wings.
- Alternate versionsThe US version (87 minutes) is shorter than the European release (91 minutes).
- SoundtracksThe Old Barn Dance
Written by Bonnie Guitar
Performed by Paul Tutmarc and The Wranglers
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Okay
Having lived through those trying times, I can relate. I felt that, overall, this film was pretty accurate in the way the characters looked, dressed and acted. My wife criticized the constant smoking, but I told her that's what men did in those days, especially when the cigarettes were free. The language too, I felt was much more realistic than in many WWII films. In those days, even foul-mouthed tough guys seldom muttered the word "fuck" or "fucking". Mickey Rourke was the only guy in the film who did that a few times, but being Mickey Rourke, I guess he can get away with that. However, his use of "disrespect" was unforgivable. I'm not sure when that popular word came into use but it sure wasn't back in the '40s or '50s, etc. More like the '90s, and more like gang talk, not military jargon. Of course, as with any film, there have to be contrivances to make things work, and that's okay. Here, a group of misfits dubbed the War Pigs (think half a Dirty Dozen) are sent in on a mission to destroy the infamous V3 cannon. In reality, there were several and I really don't believe any were actually destroyed by allied armies. Rather, the Normandy invasion caused the Nazis to remove a couple, others were dismantled as encroaching allied troops caused the Nazis to break the guns down themselves to avoid having them captured by the Allies. But these guys did a pretty good job and held their own. Overall I enjoyed this a lot more than many war stories since it wasn't filled with as much blood and guts as are so many. It focused more on the men's training, their actual mission and their relationships. I would swear however, than when the leader of the mission was chosen, he was a captain. Two minutes later and up until the end of the film he was a lieutenant. Maybe I missed something. Someone else complained about Dolph Lundgren's French accent. (a) he has become a really formidable actor in his old age, given the chance to do something besides play a Universal Soldier type, and (b) I believe, in the film, he was actually German (probably from Alsace which has an identity problem), who had been conscripted by the Nazis. He slipped off and joined La Légion Etrangère and came back to fight for right and justice and all that good stuff. Overall, I thought this was a pretty good war flick. I'm not normally a war movie lover. I never saw Inglorious, etc. but my wife picked this up at a Red Box, and we could have done a lot worse, as in "Knock Knock". Oy!
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- albrechtcm
- Dec 28, 2015
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- Biệt Đội Cảm Tử War Pigs
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- Gross worldwide
- $73,701
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1(originally intended ratio)
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