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Run Silent, Run Deep

[rating:3.0] The story of the captain of an American submarine who disobeys orders to take revenge against the Japanese destroyer that sunk his previous submarine, it is a good movie with a remarkably...

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Attack

[rating:3.5] As the Allies drive the Germans back to Germany in late 1944, morale is low in Fragile Fox Company because an entire squad was slaughtered when Captain Cooney, the company commander, was...

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Dishonored

[rating:3.5] A widow recruited to spy for the Austro-Hungarian Empire against the Russians during WWI proves to be a skilled secret agent but her mission is complicated when she falls in love with a...

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Quantrill’s Raiders

[rating:1.5] The story of the sack of Lawrence, Kansas led by guerrilla leader William Quantrill during the American Civil War, it is very silly and a little boring. A perfect example of the mediocrity...

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Battleground

[rating:3.5] A young recruit is assigned to a platoon in the 101st Airborne Division the night before the division is rushed to Bastogne to block the German surprise offensive during the Battle of the...

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The Road to Glory

[rating:2.5] It is a romance movie masquerading as a war movie. The Road to Glory is not one of the better-known WWI films, and after watching it, I understand why. The romance is dull, there is little...

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The Trench

[rating:1.5] In the summer of 1916, the British army prepared for the Somme Offensive, the biggest offensive of the war. While hundreds of thousands of soldiers massed in the rear, a small force was...

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Flyboys

[rating:2.5] Flyboys gets most of the facts right, so viewers will actually learn a little about the war. However, the movie is not about the real Lafayette Escadrille, it is just a generic WWI...

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Aces High

[rating:3.5] Late in WWI, a burnt-out squadron commander in the Royal Flying Corps finds out that his newest pilot is his girlfriend's brother. The new recruit soon discovers that the reality of aerial...

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Beneath Hill 60

[rating:4.0] Beneath Hill 60 examines the war under No Man's Land, which was fought by thousands of German and Allied (mostly British, Canadian and Australian) miners, who had only received a few weeks...

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Gallipoli

[rating:4.0] Gallipoli is actually two movies: a buddy movie that takes place in Australia during the early months of WWI, and the Gallipoli Offensive, which was too complex to be explained in the last...

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The Last Command

[rating:1.5] The Last Command examines the origins of the Texan Revolution and presents the siege of the Alamo, placing Jim Bowie firmly in the hero's role. Unbelievably lame, it is more historically...

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The First Texan

[rating:1.5] Hoping to start over in Texas, Sam Houston is drawn into the movement to secede from Mexico. The general chronology of the Texan Revolution is correct, at least the dates are correct, but...

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The Black Swan

[rating:2.5] Although he became famous leading raids against Spanish colonies, newly appointed governor of Jamaica Henry Morgan enforces the new peace between England and Spain, hanging any pirate he...

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Blackbeard the Pirate

[rating:2.5] Although Blackbeard operated roughly fifty years after Henry Morgan, he has been placed in Morgan's era. To be honest, the movie is such a mess that it does not really matter. The script...

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Captain Blood

[rating:2.5] Arrested for treating a rebel during the Monmouth Rebellion against King James II, Doctor Peter Blood is sent to Jamaica to be sold into slavery on a sugar plantation, where he escapes and...

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G-Men

[rating:2.0] Attorney James “Brick” Davis (James Cagney) joins the Department of Justice after his friend is shot from behind while arresting a counterfeiter, and becomes involved in the FBI's campaign...

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Heroes of the Alamo

[rating:1.0] Heroes of the Alamo presents the growing tension between the American immigrants in Mexico and the Mexican government that eventually led to the Texan Revolution. Unlike most films on the...

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The Battle of the Bulge

[rating:1.5] The film was publicly criticized by former President (and former supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe) Dwight Eisenhower as grossly inaccurate, which is a bad sign. Eisenhower's...

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The Lady in Red

[rating:4.0] Set during the Public Enemies Era, the film presents the life of Polly Hamilton, John Dillinger's girlfriend when he was killed by FBI agents. Powered by a brilliant script, the movie...

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