In Italy, during World War II some American soldiers find an alien UFO.In Italy, during World War II some American soldiers find an alien UFO.In Italy, during World War II some American soldiers find an alien UFO.
Achille Brugnini
- SS Radioman
- (as Archille Brunini)
Massimo Ciprari
- SS Officer
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaWilliam Paulson, who plays the alien, can also be seen out of makeup at the beginning of the movie. He plays a soldier in an Army Jeep.
- GoofsWhen the German Soldier shoots the Panzerfaust he fires it upside down. The trigger is on top along with the sight. You raise the front sight and press the top trigger bar.
- Crazy creditsBuy War Bonds. Available in the lobby.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Svengoolie: Zone Troopers (2002)
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Does anyone understand what "tongue in cheek" means?
Why are some people reviewing Zone Troppers as if the makers had intended to make a serious sci-fi film? This movie was intended as a satire of both alien invasion flicks and cliched World War II movies. While not all the jokes worked, I found the movie throughly enjoyable, and so did several friends who watched it with me at a later date. Band's Empire Pictures did indeed make some real clunkers. But this is no clunker. This movie reunites most of the cast of the earlier Charles Band production "Trancers." That movie was also a satire, though Band's direction was so flat it was hard to tell. Danny Bilson, who directed Zone Troopers, seems to understand the spirit of fun much better. Some of the movie's best bits have been mentioned by other posters, but I would add the beginning sequence when the young Lieutenant rashly runs over the hill thinking reinforcements have arrived, and is machine gunned by the Germans. "Damn green kid," Thomerson (as the tough as nails NCO) mutters, in perfect deadpan echo of hundreds of B war movies of the late forties and early fifties. And did anyone catch the "Buy War Bonds" tag at the end of the credits? How about the fact that the first shot morphs from the cover of a comic book Mittens (Art Lefleur) is reading? That should have served as a hint of the filmmakers' intentions. This movie is a hoot, and was intended that way. I have never seen Bilson's follow up, the Wrong Guys--equally low rated by most posters. But based on Zone Troopers, I sensed he might have the talent to go a long way. However, it appears he was only able to find a career in TV.
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- Jennel2
- Dec 17, 2001
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