Another entertaining war flick from our great friend Cirio. Anthony Finetti plays the part of Lee Marvin in the Dirty Dozen and is fantastic as the hard ass (Capt. Rosello) which is especially amazing when you consider that it's Anthony's first leading man role, or any role for that matter. Vic Diaz as the Commie leader ( Tranh Um Phu) is fine, but has few scenes where he speaks English and the rest of the time we are forced to look at his prodigious bare belly. The rest of the gang are good with William Steis, four years away from his highly acclaimed and brilliant portrayal of Col Clay in Raiders of the Sun, playing Col Ridamann in this one. William does a reliable job of setting out the plot and getting on Capt Rosello's nerves.
Speaking of the plot, it's about what you would imagine in a Dirty Dozen inspired low budget film with a little substandard, sorry ladies, T&A thrown in too keep our attention.
There are a couple of rough death scenes that bordered on misogynistic towards the end that I was a little uncomfortable watching, and there is certainly no Donald Sutherland or John Cassavetes level of talent here, however, it is still worth a watch for sure.
There are a couple of rough death scenes that bordered on misogynistic towards the end that I was a little uncomfortable watching, and there is certainly no Donald Sutherland or John Cassavetes level of talent here, however, it is still worth a watch for sure.