Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Hornets' Nest (1970)

United Artists
Directed by Phil Karlson, Franco Cirino
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Kino Lorber)

Unpleasant little war drama with Rock Hudson and group of homeless Italian kids in wet underwear. The film starts out with a Nazi mass slaughter of a village. The kids spared want revenge. Along the way they almost manage to gang rape a helpful nurse, but Rock finishes the job for them. Mark Olleano as Aldo over-emotes. There is a final scene between Aldo and Rock, where Rock stands in as a universal "soldier" (he goes by Soldier the entire film), that just barely saves this from bottom-of-the-barrel exploitation fodder.

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