Director: Roberto Biacnhi Montero
Writers: Roberto Biacnhi Montero, Arpad DeRiso, Giovanni Scolaro
Composer: Marcello Giombini
Starring: Dale Cummings, Maurice Poli, Herb Andress, Lex Monson, Maurizio Tocchi, Fabio Testi, Luciano Catenacci
More info: IMDb
Plot: After landing in North Africa in World War II, a group of soldiers led by Capt. Bruce Clay is assigned to attack an enemy position in order to destroy a large oil storage cellar in the desert.
My rating: 5/10
Will I watch it again? No.
The first three and a half minutes is stock WWII footage. Then it's people hanging around an Army base mixed in with people talking in meetings and Col. Bruce Clay (wow, that name doesn't roll off the tongue, does it) getting all romancy with his woman. 25 minutes our small group of soldiers is on the move in Jeeps across the desert for their mission. Some things happen that delay them from reaching their target and that's an hour in when they get there. Twenty three minutes to go. It's a very slow watch and it's the pacing that killed it for me. The characters are cliches and there's nothing done with them that makes me care about them or even like them more than I'd like any other humans. They're the good guys so I'll like them for that reason but I'd switch sides if the Jerrys had nice personalities. The action is of the run and gun type which is all mediocre. It's average with nothing much to offer.
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