The Last Rescue (2015)

It was a OK movie, it was well produced and edited fine. The biggest problem this film had was that it seems to be a rehash of every war film ever made, the same scenes, dialogue, story line we have seen before. Nothing original at all and that seems sad because there seems to be potential for what could have been a great movie. The one highlight of the film was the supporting lead Tino Struckmann he is a very gifted actor, really good performance. exciting to watch and clearly the most talented actor in the movie. Just sad the movies story did not match a great performance, just as it is a shame he did not have a bigger part, as there were story plots sadly left not pursued by the director. The worst thing was the lead bad guy continuously ranting on in a made up language, not German nor English, that was just a very bad piece of acting and writing if it was written? It could have been much better and missing a lot of action very dull slow going.

Now and again you get a film which is so bad it is laughable, this one was so bad I was not even laughing. This obviously never made the cinema or there would have been riots at the box office with punters demanding refunds. This was free on Sky and I still feel robbed, this was a really listless film, the actors looked utterly bored with the absurd script, a few spoilers, all films you must suspend logic but when a film goes over the line it becomes nonsense this supplies in buckets. When your returning to the American line like your on a tour of local vineyards you don't have the sense to take off the huge swastika? the Germans have enough time to set up what looks like a holiday camp and then the boxing match, give me strength. Then the "kid" when he strangles the fattest soldier to ever exist. Feel sorry for the actors as I suppose a job is a job. Boring, no pace the two girls must have been to the zombie school of acting with their total lack of emotion. Avoid, avoid, avoid.

I don't rate the scenario!!! Read and keep in mind that. While not talking about the scenario...the rest is a big big crap. How the hell someone made something like that? The director has nothing to do with the army...and nobody has nothing to do with WW2. First there are no German tanks. Even if there are 1-2 tigers working in the world, or 4 PzKpfW IV, if you cannot afford them you can always use the 3D animators like everybody. But It's disgusting to use an American car with a big SS banner to simulate a Kubelwagen, or to use American tanks as German ones with cameo changed. Not saying about the first tank appearing in the movie which has a modern turret (made after 1990). Are you kidding me? Why not using Nasa Endeavour as Me-109 for example. And another thing: German Military police never worn hats, just helmets. And by God, you are making joke of history and German army. In Wehrmacht or SS etc you cannot find different colors in the soldier uniform. As I said...the first MP appearing has an very bad done plastic half-moon plate on his chest and feldgrau uniform, but kaki hat. MP were using helmets. ANd just some officers had the right to wear different colors in their uniform. Like trousers of one color and coat of another

The Last Rescue try's very hard to make a worthwhile B grade WWII drama/action flick and partly succeeds. The storytelling is reasonable, if predictable, and the acting is actually quite good. Where this film falls down badly is the choice of locations. Its very obviously not Europe. Worse still its not careful in its use of what is available. Houses used in the film are clearly not European, they look American. I was not surprised to find this film was shot in the USA. Perhaps this sounds petty but misuse of locations can really ruin the sense of atmosphere that was initially well established in the opening scenes of this drama. The Last Rescue is a reasonable effort that could have been better again with a more considered choice of locations and buildings. Six out of ten from me.