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Germany 1944: Katherine LaRue (Suzy Alden) is a socialite and the darling of the party scene - buit secretly she works together with Allied spymaster Henry (Costas Mandylor), who provides her with vital information to smuggle out of the country ... but she's captured near the frontline and incarcerated in Colonel Stein's (Richard Lynton) makeshift prison camp, to be shipped into the German heartland before too long - which would be a disaster for the Allied Forces, so Major Murphy (Eric Supensky) and his hastily thrown together ragtag team have to fly behind enemy lies to hook up with a local resistance cell led by Gina (Allison Kessler) as well as two recent refugees from the camp (Christopher Huff, Gus Zucco) to try to spring Katherine fron the hands of the Germans ... which they actually manage to do. But then they learn about the secret Katherine was to deliver to their superiors, a shipment of heavy water for the development of an atom bomb, which obviously would be a game changer. And the shipment passes neat the camp in just a couple of days where it will hit a vulnerable spot. And our heroes are the only ones who can stop/destroy the train, even if it's a suicide mission ...

Now one thing up front, this film was quite obviously made on a budget, so don't expect too much in terms of spectacle. That said, there's still plenty of action in this one (as well as some welcomely light moments amidst all the fighting), but it lacks the almost operatic feel that one has come to expect from contemporary action blockbusters, is more on the functional side. This though might work for the movie as it concentrates more on its ensemble of characters, including some eccentric ones, that are well fleshed out and given genuine arcs. And they're played by a colourful cast who bring them to life quite convincingly, helping to make this maybe not a masterpiece of genre cinema, but a very entertaining war movie nevertheless.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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