6/10
Wartime movie about trio of valiant soldiers parachuted into occupied France and without support behind enemy lines
30 October 2013
On August 15, 1944 the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team (PRCT) jumped over the south of France. Their mission was to support and protect the Allied Troops heading to Berlin . Landing in enemy territory , they fell under immediate attack . The combat team of regiment of parachutists is formed by Cpl. James Rossi (Corbin Allred), Sgt. Caleb Jones David Nibley and Cpl. Harland 'Bud' Curtis (Jasen Wade). They must now battle roving German troops and to back to allied territory in their effort to complete the mission and rendez-vous with their unit . The small band of soldiers come across stranded a resistance fighter woman . They decide to help liberate some of the captive Partisans who have valuable information to be delivered to Allied forces . Doing so they'll suffer a lot of dangers and will risk their lives . The group forms a fragile bond as they begin to trust each other . But the constant threat of capture , as well as mounting suspicions of German soldiers posing as US troopers , threaten to tear them apart . As this tiny band must take on the countryside with enemy troops to fight their way back to occupied territory .

Based on actual WWII events, "Saints and Soldiers : Airbone creed" tells the dramatic story of a trio of Allied soldiers trapped behind enemy lines and their mission is to support allied troops marching to Berlin . This is the sequel to the award-winning ¨Saints and soldiers¨ dealing with the Battle of the Bulge and survivors a massacre in Malmedy, in which German soldiers open fire on the unarmed prisoners in a tragic event . ¨Saint and soldiers : Airbone creed¨ has action , crossfire , thrills , warfare feats and dramatic situations . This is a war movie in which predominates the stories and situations of the protagonists on the war itself made , so although there are moments of action and struggle there are also thought-provoking events and some flashbacks recording their life . The story is a typical strategic military adventure where they have to complete an assignment , which is used to move the story filled with interesting ideas and thoughtful dialogues . Good acting from main cast playing three isolated paratroopers who come across a group of French resistants in desperate need, they are Corbin Allred as Cpl. James Rossi , David Nibley as Sgt. Caleb Jones and Jasen Wade as Cpl. Harland 'Bud' Curtis . In fact , this movie is realized in memory of Harland , ¨Bud¨, Curtis . All guns used in the film are authentic and fully-functional, modified to shoot blanks . More than 5,000 blank rounds were used in filming and several war re-enactors volunteered to participate in filming . The good thing is its ambiance and photography, with excellent landscapes and dense atmospheres of war and violence.

The motion picture was professionally photographed and directed by Ryan Little . Ryan was presented with a Student Emmy at the 1999 Academy of Television Arts & Science College Television Awards, for "Best Dramatic Film": The Last Good War . Little has directed a few but acceptable movies such as ¨Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy¨ , ¨House of fears¨ , ¨Forever strong¨, ¨Age of the dragons¨ and is filming the third part titled ¨Saints and soldiers : the void¨ .
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