ThiefHott Too much of everything

Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

MartinHafer The idea of "Carter's Army" is a good one, though awfully reminiscent of the contemporary film "The Dirty Dozen". However, the execution of the plot is, at best, sub-par. Too many of the characters seem like caricatures and often they seem more like 1970 actors than WWII soldiers by the way they talk and look. I call this sloppy. It's a shame, as a group of black soldiers proving themselves in combat is a great concept.An oddly cast Stephen Boyd (the Irishman) plays a redneck captain during WWII who is told they only soldiers available for a special assignment are some ragtag black infantrymen with zero combat experience and very little discipline. Considering how important the assignment is, giving the Captain these men really seemed very contrived.Among the black soldiers is a very nice group of actors--with Rosy Grier, Richard Pryor, Robert Hooks, Moses Gunn, Billy Dee Williams and Robert Turman among the soldiers. The problem, however, is that the dialog and situations they are given really don't given them much chance to show their acting talents. With too many clichés and some illogical characters (one is deaf....how many DEAF soldiers served in WWII?!?!?!).In many ways, this film might have worked better had it been a Vietnam War drama--because often the characters acted like folks from the civil rights generation of the 60s and 70s. As it is, it's mildly entertaining but also a bit stupid.

Theo Robertson An army officer is given a dangerous mission to go behind German front lines . What makes this WW2 different ? Well it involves some funky black dudes kick some Nazi ass and we are talking right on funky bro , so much so it's almost like the black anti-thesis to THE ETERNAL JEW but that would be a compliment and the first ten minutes are patronising as to be insulting not only to black people but anyone watching THE BLACK BRIGADE . Try and imagine Richard Pryor in a relatively semi serious role and you can see where the film's flaws lieThis is a pity because despite being far from a classic WW2 actioner or even a classic TVM THE BLACK BRIGADE is a much better film than I thought possible once I got past the dreadful first ten minutes . Okay it's not great , it's made on a very limited budget in some woodland in California somewhere and it has that seen it all before usually done better . That said it does make some important points about soldiering . Soldiering isn't all about charging machine gun nests and wiping out the enemy single handed , soldiering you see often involves long period of boredom and mundane tasks like digging latrines . A jobs a job and a soldier is a soldier and someone wearing an army uniform is worthy of respect regardless of what regiment he belongs to and what his tasks are . THE BLACK BRIGADE occasionally touches upon these points and one wishes it had concentrated on these points more rather than being a bit too funky for its own good

jed-estes I bought this for a dollar at a local chain store and was a little surprised by the good storytelling in this. The reasons I happened upon buying this was because A, I'm trying to own 1000 movies, and B it had great actors on the cover. When i saw that Billy Dee Williams was in this all I could think was how cool it was going to be to see a young Lando Calersion type fighting in the second world war. But he really had no vigor in him in this film. He was serious and to the point which is probably more real life as what this film needs to be showcased proper. Richard Pryor was the second actor who influenced me into buying this because I thought his comedy would shine through the move. Again it did not. He is the cut up of the unit but he is still serious in this which I believe is one of first roles. Robert Hooks who is an actor I had never heard of and have still yet to see any follow ups to this is very good in his performance of a red neck put in charge of an all black squad only to realize that they fight just as hard as any white man for what the believe in. The film does a good job of showcasing racial tensions during a 1940's setting. It is hard to take that we actual segregated that little back in our history. If your on the look out for a film that will grow your mind this is it. I recommend it for war buffs.

Sex Baby I rented this movie as a joke a while back, and boy was I glad I did... this film is hilarious... if you can even find a copy of it, rent it and watch it and laugh and then watch it again. It's also great to see a young Richard Pryor playing a serious role in a film that in the end will probably be one of his funniest.