Synopsis
In November of 1918 as World War I was ending, a unit of American soldiers goes behind enemy lines to find a lost platoon of African American soldiers.
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Cast
- Jordan McFaddenMary
- Ron PerlmanGeneral Pershing
- Trinity SchuetzleNurse
- Billy ZaneColonel Jack Morrison
- Bates WilderCaptain William Rivers
- Cody FleuryO'Malley
- Edgar DamatianPrivate Cardinni
- Aaron CourteauSergeant Allistor Richardson
- Andrew SteckerCorporal Anson Kirby
- Judah McFaddenSGT. Smith
Recommendations
- 60
Los Angeles Times
Although writer-director Steven Luke’s reach often exceeds his grasp, he’s managed to present a meaningful, largely involving, if decidedly small-scale and fictionalized story about race, courage and comradeship. - 30
The New York Times
It simply does not have the budget or craft for the scale it requires. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
Unfortunately, despite his obvious passion for the genre, Luke doesn't yet have the cinematic chops (or clearly, the budget) to effectively put his vision onscreen. - 0
Variety
The weapons look fake, the stiff action sequences play like poor re-enactments, and you frequently wonder how anyone managed to keep a straight face while firing off some embarrassingly simple-minded lines of dialogue. Even the bright red, corn-syrupy blood splattered around looks like it’s from a different decade of cinema.
