It's getting almost exhausting listing everything wrong with these bad independent films portraying the war that have been produced in the last ten years or so and trying to think of different ways to describe them. It's also kind of exhausting making myself sit through each one, which I can't always do, in all honesty.
This one is different from most in its category (low budget, unknown filmmakers, no military advisor, World War II), in that I did sit through it, and it was based on a story that involved flying rather than the war on the ground. In that aspect, I assume that this one involved a higher budget, though that money definitely didn't go to ensuring that the American airplanes were painted with invasion stripes like every Allied plane had after the invasion of Sicily, nor did it go into the costume budget. One of the American airmen had a rank insignia on his shirt that had three chevrons of a sergeant, but there was an eagle under the chevrons that looked like the eagle on the modern-day U. S. Army specialist (E-4) rank insignia. I knew that I was in for low quality when they used a made-up German-English hybrid word (Wulfe-Hound) in the prologue.
The worst things about this one were the logistics of the story and the equipment. The Germans had modern hunting knives instead WWII-era military knives, and the Americans somehow found M1 rifles and the ammo for them in the German airbase in Southern France. Oh yeah, and the speed of the planes was amazing! In the last scene, the B-17, B-25, and the Bf-109 all made it from Southwestern France to England in just a few minutes. In fact, the whole story takes place during daylight within a single day. I won't comment on the B-25 dogfighting with the Bf-109. I could go on and on, but I promised myself I wouldn't.
Nevertheless, I think the actors did a pretty good job with what they were given, I must say. If you're someone who likes movies with action and pilots who cry when they find their KIA wingmen on the ground, and don't pay attention to the impossible and highly unlikely elements of the story, this film should be pretty enjoyable for you.
