Matialth
Good concept, poorly executed.
Stevecorp
Don't listen to the negative reviews
Mandeep Tyson
The acting in this movie is really good.
David Rygmyr (davidry-83687)
1969 music. Gymnastics. Softball (as a weapon.) Tap dancing. Very much like a spaghetti western except it's a WWII flick. Giving it a 5 because it's hardly a classic but I've seen worse. They actually did a good job with the weapons, uniforms, and vehicles. Sure, there are some nits to pick, but I give these guys credit for at least trying. The plot details were a bit fuzzy but the film gives you all the basics you'd expect for a raid. The dubious goal almost gave it a sci-fi feel at points. Kudos too in that the Germans actually spoke German, although the number of Germans with Hitler mustaches exceeded the allowed quota in the realm of believable cinema.
verbusen
OK, lets get this matter straight, this is a comic book war film. The Dirty Dozen, Kelley's Hero's, Inglorious Bastards, and the Tarantino reboot, and about 150+ Italian and American and probably other country's (Philippine and whatever). So do I give it an 10 for a straight film? No I give it a 6 for a straight film, it's worth it. I was thinking it would suck but we have all seen films like this that suck a lot more, just get past the boot camp stuff and try to find a decent version online (letterbox) and you will enjoy it straight to the end. Can I say Kinski is the major draw here? Not really, it's the hot women and the 5 guys from hell, and a really good kill them all finish, you wont be disappointed for staying around, it's funny intense action war comic book stuff. Don't be too critical that everyone has a sub machine gun until the end, it's all good and the Nazi's lose and we get to feel sad as well for our fallen comrades, good flick.
xiangdo
Let's see: tap dancing, gymnastics, lousy music, a painful dubbed soundtrack, stilted dialog, ridiculous situations. I'm sorry, I'll have to take the previous reviewer's word for quality action scenes at the end. I stopped watching it at the point I was starting to wish someone would hurl a lead-weighted baseball at my head. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind films with a comedic take on war, nor do I have an objection to fictional story lines based on real wars; many films fit either or both of those criteria and are fine fare. Neither do I require that a war film be an epic like "Lawrence of Arabia" or have the historic scope (not to mention stellar cast of "The Longest Day", "A Bridge Too Far" or "Midway". Lots of films that fall short of those works are perfectly fine viewing."Five for Hell" was just too much for me - or, to be accurate, too little. There's a world of difference between "comedic" and "so awful it ridicules itself", and this one does. I can see little that would make this film worse; only, perhaps, had it been an Ed Woods production, or included gratuitous (and ridiculously anachronistic) scenes with bikini-clad girls it could be so.If a war-movie equivalent to "Mystery Science Theater 3000" existed, "Five for Hell" would be a prime candidate for inclusion therein. It's not a case of "so bad it's good", it's so bad, it's awful. I can't accept it as a comedy. A bad attempt at comedy is many things, but it isn't funny - and if it ain't funny, it ain't comedy.
jfritzyb
The graphics (lol) are pretty offish for its time--but you know, for some reason, they seem to improve over time. (For instance, if the camera is shooting from a distance, the guys look really tall and skinny. Up close, it looks more realistic.) Any points of interest? Well, a couple of softballs are used in this movie--not to mention a pretty nifty knife-throwing technique near the end of the movie. (And loads of action sporadically located throughout the movie)!But that's all I can tell you for now...Plot: A GI leader picks four or five men to go on a mission to Germany in order to obtain "Plan K" and refute a plan from the German army to crush US forces.
