'Band of Brothers' followed a unit - Easy Company of the 101st Airborn - from jump school to the end of the war.

My dolorimeter reading was bouncing around in the red. It's a long step downward from 'Band of Brothers' to this ill thought-out imitation, but I suppose that successes like 'Band of Brothers' and 'Saving Private Ryan' can't be ignored. Brief 'Witness' style nudity (Melia Kreiling who plays Bathsheba in 'The Bible' mini series) Makes for a rental for Vinnie Jones fans. What really hurt this film is that they squandered dialogue which should have been better utilized to build character rather than conceal it, as in the case of the main character. I loved the scene of the killing of the German soldiers done to the opera of 'Faust.' Shades of 'Clockwork Orange.' However, the CG graphics of the planes and gun fire flames was noticeably fake. Some of the scenes worked well, while others were simply bad, making this a very haphazard production. This film concentrated on one particular character, sniper Nate Burrows (Chad Michael Collins) pretty much to the exclusion of everyone else. What makes pseudo histories are the characters. You could have figured all of this out by yourself- really. A group of men are trapped behind enemy lines post Battle of the Bulge and find a great weapon being developed by the Nazis. Also the opening gives you the basic plot.

The film has unnecessary subscripts as to the locations, as the scene informs you where they are at.

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