IRON ANGEL(1964)
In the set: 100 Greatest Cult Classics
A pretty typical war story! I'm not a fan
of war movies! This one's even worse than
most with almost no likeable characters!! C-
From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
In a similar vein as Beach Red, there are
flashbacks to time spent partying with women,
a not unrealistic activity for the troops
to be engaged in. But it doesn't make for
a good war movie. Beach Red is somewhat
better and it has Rip Torn. There is a
much too long flashback scene of a stripper
which is quite disturbing. The director's
wife/girlfriend maybe. Why those scenes
were in there is anybody's guess. One
showed that Reb liked his parties and
that might explain why he got busted
down to a private but that's the closest
the flashbacks come to adding to the story.
This movie is about a patrol behind enemy
lines, looking to knock out an enemy mortar
which is cutting a supply road. The story
is pretty good, the action is fair, the
combat stuff is not so great. I guess none
of them ever heard the term 'flank'. It
does the job though. There's some humor
but nothing you can't live without. Overall
the whole movie is quite tepid. It is a
rare movie about the Korean War but it's
no Pork Chop Hill or Men in War. Well,
maybe they aren't that rare. I have seven
or so Korean War movies.
Anyway, worth a watch. 5/10 - jt_3d
Jim Davis ... Sgt. Walsh
Don 'Red' Barry ... Reb (as Donald Barry)
Margo Woode ... Nurse Lt. Laura Fleming
R. Wayland Williams ... Corporal Walker
Dave Barker ... Private Drake
Joe Jenckes ... Lieutenant Collins
Tristram Coffin ... Captain
L.Q. Jones ... Buttons
John Hirohata ... Korean Officer (uncredited)
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