Wanted to watch this to get around to watching all the best WW2 movies out there - there are probably around 300 or so. But I don't think it holds up today. There are just too many logical plot holes and story errors in it to make it fully enticing.
The poster has a British guy in a hot scene with a hot blonde. The trailer also makes it look like this is about a heroic war effort. A hero during WW2 in Africa plays a big role? Well, that's not the plot whatsoever. The "hero" is actually an older ambulance driver/leader with PTSD. He escaped German capture and now drinks to get by. First thing we see him do is get an innocent nurse killed because he tries to speed away from German units as he doesn't want to get recaptured. But once the German units get to them they even help them out and let them go - as they would do during a war. And they all agree that his short burst of insanity got her killed. The other nurse falls in love with him out of nowhere. We just see them all hang out and largely the big Allied fella is often touching her and caring for her. Yet out of nowhere there is a scene where we see her caress the short leader and they seemingly sleep together in the desert. Not sure why she suddenly got horny or why they were even thinking about this while being in extreme conditions likely close to death. The whole theme of the movie makes no sense. The leader never did anything to make himself look good. There is even a scene afterwards where he pushes the nurse around in anger. These silly scenes also means that we never feel they are in any great danger.
They also misuse water. Instead of drinking it they just taste it and spit it out. They also use the water to pour on the leader after he passed out. It is supposed to be survival yet most of these scenes look comedic in 2022. There is a quicksand scene where a German spy that is with them nearly sinks. We just saw him do extraordinary feats of strength. Yet now he can't even hold onto a rope as they try to save him. What??? A lot of these small survival scenes feel extremely forced and fake. It's also not quite clear where they are going or why. German capture is not bad for such personal. They would be safe and survive the war so why risk their lives to get to Allied positions? Just drive to the nearest location and stay safe.
The poster has a British guy in a hot scene with a hot blonde. The trailer also makes it look like this is about a heroic war effort. A hero during WW2 in Africa plays a big role? Well, that's not the plot whatsoever. The "hero" is actually an older ambulance driver/leader with PTSD. He escaped German capture and now drinks to get by. First thing we see him do is get an innocent nurse killed because he tries to speed away from German units as he doesn't want to get recaptured. But once the German units get to them they even help them out and let them go - as they would do during a war. And they all agree that his short burst of insanity got her killed. The other nurse falls in love with him out of nowhere. We just see them all hang out and largely the big Allied fella is often touching her and caring for her. Yet out of nowhere there is a scene where we see her caress the short leader and they seemingly sleep together in the desert. Not sure why she suddenly got horny or why they were even thinking about this while being in extreme conditions likely close to death. The whole theme of the movie makes no sense. The leader never did anything to make himself look good. There is even a scene afterwards where he pushes the nurse around in anger. These silly scenes also means that we never feel they are in any great danger.
They also misuse water. Instead of drinking it they just taste it and spit it out. They also use the water to pour on the leader after he passed out. It is supposed to be survival yet most of these scenes look comedic in 2022. There is a quicksand scene where a German spy that is with them nearly sinks. We just saw him do extraordinary feats of strength. Yet now he can't even hold onto a rope as they try to save him. What??? A lot of these small survival scenes feel extremely forced and fake. It's also not quite clear where they are going or why. German capture is not bad for such personal. They would be safe and survive the war so why risk their lives to get to Allied positions? Just drive to the nearest location and stay safe.