Allies (2014)

Another reviewer stated that this is more of an adolescent way of displaying war. And I would agree that this in no way can hold its own against the heavyweights of war movies. But if you look at it for what it is (entertainment, low budget), it does fulfill its purpose overall in doing what is sets out to do.Germans are bad, Brits are great and other "obvious" things like that are on display here. But it's the theme and the easy way out. Also while based on real war, this is still a movie. I didn't think I would watch a history documentary and no one else should feel or think that way. If you can wrap your head around that, the movie is pretty decent

A totally rubbish crap film, probably one of the most terrible war movie I have ever seen. It is even injurious to compare this to CROSS OF IRON, even in mind. Brainless film supported by terrible acting and editing. German soldiers are here shown as dumb, whom they were certainly not, action sequences lousy at the most, and this French farmer who speaks french with an American accent !!!! This is not the only war movie never released in french theatres and I understand why...One good sequence although, when the soldier cuts his own toe with a cuttings which doesn't prevent him to run like a rabbit just after. The production design, for such a small budget feature, maybe is rather acceptable, but that's all. The story is so dumb...I won't speak of the ending, sooooo predictable. This kind of war movie makes me puke. Avoid it at all costs !!!!

I have never reviewed a film before, but this is that awful I decided too. Had to turn off after first 10 minutes, Beret's and uniform were completely wrong, 5 minutes with any adviser would have fixed most problems. the opening scenes were just ludicrous and unrealistic, This is not the time of redcoats and muskets or WW1 with a whistle to tell the guys togo over the top, and a General leading 50 troops, just would not happen, the tactics were all wrong I just had to laugh and turn it off.Worst 10 minutes of a film I have EVER seen

During the heyday of British war films in Fifties, Allies would have fitted in nicely as the B movie to some better fayre. But trying to push it out alone in 2014 was always going to be a disaster. The film received no distribution as it offers nothing we haven't seen a hundred times before. The core audience for films like this is 50+ so there needs to be an angle to even get it noticed. A simple commando raid and journey back through the lines was the staple of so many films (and TV shows), far better done, that it's difficult to maintain any involvement in the shrinking cast of new faces in this.The budget meant that the one German armoured car kept coming up again and again bit like the Daleks going round and round in old Doctor Who. Nobody had a clue how to use their weapons. You do not loose off machine gun rounds from the hip. You'd miss your target and have to reload except you'd be dead by then. You also don't stand up as sitting ducks as the Germans continually do. They gave the Germans the same bullets from When Eagles Dare whilst the Allies bullets were everlasting.Nice but unbelievable.This is a ten year old boy's idea of a war film. Constant gun battles, sacrifices and noise. And the odd tit for Dad. On a streaming service only to fill the shelves.