AVCO Embassy Pictures
Directed by Sam Peckinpah
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Hen's Tooth Video)
Maximilian Schell plays a German officer on the Russian front looking for action to earn his Iron Cross commendation. He clashes with a war-weary James Coburn who wastes no time in introducing him to the realities of combat on the front. Coburn is injured in a successful attack and ends up in the hospital. While recovering, Schell takes credit and is nominated for the medal. Unsure what to do and pressured by Schell, Coburn leads his men into another battle. Schell takes the opportunity to abadon them in the hopes Coburn is killed, but it does not go as planned. Convoluted plot punctuated by trademark Peckinpah violence, in slow motion naturally, makes for a disappointing experience.
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