Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Jovan Adepo | ... | Boyce | |
Wyatt Russell | ... | Ford | |
Mathilde Ollivier | ... | Chloe | |
Pilou Asbæk | ... | Wafner | |
John Magaro | ... | Tibbet | |
Iain De Caestecker | ... | Chase | |
Jacob Anderson | ... | Dawson | |
Dominic Applewhite | ... | Rosenfeld | |
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Gianny Taufer | ... | Paul |
Joseph Quinn | ... | Grunauer | |
Bokeem Woodbine | ... | Rensin | |
Erich Redman | ... | Dr. Schmidt | |
Mark McKenna | ... | Murphy | |
Hayley Carmichael | ... | Mrs. Lesner | |
Marc Rissmann | ... | Scherzer |
On the eve of D-Day, the 5th of June, 1944, several American paratroopers are dropped behind enemy lines to carry out a mission crucial to the invasion's success: destroy a radio tower built in a little castle of an old French town that the Third Reich uses for communication between Berlin and Normandy beaches' bunkers. Due to the intense enemy fire, the planes are shot down and most soldiers die in the landing or are killed by the Nazis' night patrols after they land. However, a private named Ed Boyce survives to find Corporal Ford, a last-minute incorporation from Italy and a veteran expert in bombs and explosives, rogue sniper Tibbet, war photographer Chase, and finally private Dawson. After they watch the killing of their superior Sargeant Eldson by a Nazi night patrol, Ford becomes leader of the group and they try to get the town with the tower in order to complete the mission. In the forest close to the town they meet Chloe, a villager who assists the soldiers in her home with ... Written by Chockys
Fun war movie with a horror twist. On its face, it is a procedural military mission - get in and do the thing to support the impending Allied invasion. The horror twist comes when the soldiers discover some strange stuff happening in the village. Medical experiments are being performed to transform normal humans into super soldiers. The mission now becomes twofold: destroy the tower and destroy the lab! Nothing particularly special or innovative about the story, but it was wildly entertaining and enjoyable. Very exciting edge-of-your-seat action scenes, well-performed roles, top-notch special effects, and solid jump scares. We watched it in the Dolby theater at AMC Metreon in SF. It was super loud and the place was rocking!