Lol. Watch that earring there. I've adored this movie since it originally came out and was very big on cable TV in the years following its release. It's a war movie that goes down smooth like a chocolate milkshake. It has a wide range of character, comedy, emotion yet still has an actual combat scenario in the third act.
Mario Van Pebbles has surprisingly been a source of contention with me and a few folks thru the years. For whatever reason they don't like how prominent he is in the film and that he steals the spotlight sort to speak. I feel the opposite, I think he totally makes the picture and comedically he's the heartbeat behind this film.
The person I'm not crazy about in this is Marsha Mason. Not that I've really liked her in anything else either but her character and role in this distracts a little too much from the comedic comradery set so well from the start of the film. A fan edit with her scenes cut could be an interesting version.
As of this post only streams VOD but it pops in and out of Tubi on a regular basis. 3.75 stars/5
FOR ANOTHER GREAT WAR MOVIE CLINT DID (NOT ONE OF MY HONORABLE MENTIONS) THEN CERTAINLY CHECK OUT "WHERE EAGLES DARE" (1968) EPIC >
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