War Pigs (2015) :
A rag tag unit of misfits known as the War Pigs must go behind enemy lines to exterminate Nazis by any means necessary.
Director: Ryan Little
Writers: Adam Emerson, Andrew Kightlinger (story)
Stars: Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, Ryan Kelley
Director: Ryan Little
Writers: Adam Emerson, Andrew Kightlinger (story)
Stars: Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, Ryan Kelley
Movie line:
Disgraced World War 2 Army Captain Jack Wosick is given the opportunity
for redemption when asked to lead a rag-tag unit of misfits known as the
War Pigs on a secretmission to go behind enemy lines to uncover and
capture a Nazi developed Super Weapon the V3, a massive artillery canon
that would give the Nazis an insurmountable advantage against the
Allies. With the help of Captain Hans Picault, a German Anti-Nazi
serving with the French Foreign Legion and Colonel AJ Redding, a battle
hardened WW1 veteran, Jack must train, lead and earn the respect of his
new squad to become a functioning reconnaissance unit.
Movie Reviews:Let's
be honest, you saw the cast or description and thought this would be an
action packed war movie. Sad to say, War Pigs is a slow trudging march
of bad acting and unappealing script. Even the supposed big names like
Mickey Rourke and Chuck Liddell only appear briefly and what little
action is has is done without finesse. Story follows Dolph
Lundgren and Luke Goss as they assemble rag tag squad to overcome Nazi
advances. This is practically the whole movie, they recruit some people,
train them while creating bond of brotherhood. It may sound good if it
had better material, yet the plot is barren and tedious. Be it may the
actors or dialogues, neither are interesting. War movie is
tricky, it inherently has some expectations and emotions involved. Many
movies with better cast and production have mixed result, War Pigs have
none the polished delivery nor the gritty nature to pull off this kind
of scale. It's simply a few men bantering for an hour and half. The
subject may have been engaging, but the presentation offers barely any
battle of wit or actual battle at all. If the slow pace hasn't
deterred the audience, the flimsy action would. With the leading action
stars, the movie could have done at least action sequences right,
instead it only produces a very amateurish effort. The camera lacks
focus and gun fight doesn't even look remotely real. It probably
wouldn't help much since the cumulative action is probably only ten
minutes or less. War Pigs certainly doesn't have the depth to
present cerebral war theme, it lacks the production to capitalize on the
action oriented cast and it's far from authentic to appeal to military
fans. It only gives a sense of desolation and tediousness for the
audience.
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