Other War Movies
War Movies which don’t fit into any other category
Red Cliff: International Version (2009, Blu Ray)
When it comes to truly epic war movies a few come to mind. Lawrence of Arabia, The Longest Day, maybe even Patton or Band of Brothers…. But this is almost the very definition of epic. Weighing in at nearly *five* hours long, Red Cliff does not fail to deliver. Based on a battle from Chinese... »
Tears of the Sun (2003)
Tears of the Sun (2003) Well, if there’s one thing Bruce Willis does well, its play hard-nosed military types, such as Lt. A.K. Waters in Tears of the Sun. Part of a Navy Special Ops team, he’s dropped into Nigeria to rescue one Dr. Kendricks (Monica Bellucci) and a few other do-gooders at a local mission... »
March or Die (1977)
The French Foreign Legion. Last refuge of scoundrels, criminals, and scumbags left over from the first world war. At least that’s what 1977’s March or Die would have you believe. American and Legion Major William Sherman Foster (Gene Hackman) is tasked with protecting a French archaeological expidition in Erfeud. The problem is, that he’s the... »
Braveheart (1995, Blu Ray)
If you haven’t seen 1995’s Braveheart by now, you’ve probably been living under a rock, or in some remote Gobi-desert cave or something. I mean, really. The tale of William Wallace, 13th century champion of Scottish independence, Braveheart is indeed an epic film in every sense of the word. Painted here as a simple man from... »
Black Hawk Down (2002, Blu Ray)
Everything I said about 2002’s Black Hawk Down in my previous review still stands, including the words I used to describe it. F*cking intense. On Blu Ray? How about even more F’ing intense? To recap, Black Hawk Down is the story of a routine mission gone totally FUBAR in Somalia. That’s about the long and... »
The Wind That Shakes The Barley (2007)
There are war movies that make you cringe. Either because of the violence or the atrocities portrayed, or the sheer evil that is shown…. and then there are films like The Wind That Shakes The Barley, which make you cringe for some of the above reasons, but for other reasons a little less obvious. The... »
Beaufort (2007)
Beaufort puts us in the middle of a conflict not many of us on this side of the planet really know much about, or understand for that matter. Set in 1990 during the Israeli-Lebanon war in the border outpost of Beaufort, which the Israeli’s are preparing to abandon, and thus destroy, after holding it... »
The Last Samurai (2003, Blu-ray)
The Last Samurai takes us back to a time of change in Japan. Where the traditional governmental systems and military traditions were giving way to Westernized concepts. Where the old guard, the Samurai were finding themselves irrelevant, and weren’t willing to go out without a fight. First, the movie does have some basis in fact. ... »
Time Slip, aka G.I. Samurai, aka Sengoku Jieitai (1979)
There are times when you just have to throw all the analysis and whatnot right out the window, and just say, “DAMN! That was a cool movie!” Time Slip (aka G.I. Samurai) is exactly the movie that time was made for. In it, Lt. Iba’s (Sonny Chiba) squad of the Japanese Self Defense Force gets... »
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007)
Few names bring fear into the hearts of men as much as “Genghis Khan” or as he was known to the people he led and the lands he ravaged, “Temudgin.” In Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan, we get a spectacular, if sympathetic, look at the rise to power of one of history’s most... »
