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Jeff (actionrating.com) See it – This is another one of those neglected WWII movies that is way better than you would expect. This one's got Frank Sinatra, but don't worry, he's not in every scene. The main star in this one is Clint Walker, who you may remember as the star of the TV show "Cheyenne" or as the big redneck from "Dirty Dozen." This movie is a really cool story about a military transport plane that crash lands on a pacific island held by a small band of Japanese soldiers. The Americans must worry about survival as well as the enemy. This is actually a pretty heart-warming movie as it shows the Japanese perspective as well. But don't worry, it's not all warm and fuzzy. This movie has its fair share of combat scenes.

Chase_Witherspoon Old blue eyes directs and co-stars in this pacific WW2 film with an emphasised anti-war message, where a unit of American soldiers are stranded along with a small contingent of Japanese soldiers on a small island, reluctantly agreeing to co-operate under a temporary truce to overcome challenges they collectively face. Big Clint Walker is the leader, with the tough exterior and soft centre of an egg, who despite a willingness to adapt to the unique circumstances, never loses sight of the overall picture, unlike Sinatra, who is flagrantly defiant in his pacifism.Three reasons to invest the hour and forty in this film are it's battle scenes, bloody and generally well staged, an unexpected shark attack, and of course, if worship Sinatra, then you get two for the price of one as he co-stars and directs. The scenery is reminiscent of other films of the ilk and era, most notably "PT109", although there's more hand to hand combat present in this picture.Unfortunately the key aspect of the picture that didn't work for me was the jingoist attempt at pathos, and its predictable conclusion. The sentiment was over-the-top at times, in point of fact, the film's closing line "nobody ever wins" seemed a laboured self-indulgent political commentary that didn't need to be so obvious. Better than John Wayne's "The Green Berets" which espoused similar anti-war themes, but not what I'd consider to be among the better movies depicting war in the pacific (e.g. "Beach Red").

rooprect Some people choose to see war as good vs. evil. Perhaps at a macroscopic or ideological level, it can be seen that way. But on a human level, eye-to-eye with the enemy, everything changes. That is why, in boot camp, the first thing a recruit learns is to de-humanize the enemy, or worse, to hate the person in his target sights. This is a powerful film which explores what happens when soldiers dare to meet their targets face to face and re-humanize them.Set on a remote, uncharted isle in the pacific, two enemy platoons find themselves marooned with no connection to the war. They fight, with heavy casualties on both sides, but due to the close quarters, it's inevitable that they would come to see each other as human beings & neighbours. That's as much as I'll say because the rest is for you to discover.This is not a WWII film. There are no politics mentioned, and aside from the uniforms it could be about any two warring nations--India & Pakistan, Israel & Palestine, 18th century France & England--and the script would basically remain the same. The message of the film is absolute.Frank Sinatra made his first, and I think his only, directing effort here, and I thought it was spectacular. Like many of his films it has a somewhat playful delivery, but when the moment calls for gravity, we get it as heavy as a sack of bricks. The "amputation scene" is a great example. Done entirely without music, wide camera so we can see everyone's tension (down to the Buddhist priest chanting quietly in the background), and perhaps the sweatiest scene of Sinatra's career.If you like this kind of challenging war movie which dares to show both sides of the coin, I also recommend "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" (set in a Japanese POW camp), "The Young Lions" (starring Marlon Brando as a Nazi soldier with a heart), "Das Boot" (a boot full of Nazis with hearts) or my favourite, a great Korean war-comedy-drama called "Welcome to Dongmakgol".

DJAkin I was very impressed with this movie. The Technicolor was amazing and Frank Sinatra was good in it. The movie was basically about a bunch of Marine's that crash onto an island in their plane. Once they are there, the Japanese start to attack them at every opportunity. The lieutenant was over the top. He would yell stuff like "I AM TIRED OF THE WAY YOUR ARE RUNNING THIS PLATOON! ARE YOU QUESTIONING MY AUTHORITY?" He would open his mouth literally as WIDE OPEN as it could go with EACH AND EVERY WORD. I am not kidding either. In once scene he said "I AM GOING TO KILL ME SOME DIRTY JAPS" to which Frank Sinatra replied "Dirty Japs lieutenant? Why they invented the bathroom!" Anyway, the Japs and the American's eventually discover that nobody will come to rescue them from the Island so they decide to have a truce and become friends. There was this one FAT Japanese soldier that looked like the guy from Gilligan's Island (round glasses). It was quite funny. Also, the Japanese in this movie were not as ruthless as they were in reality. Another unrealistic scene was when this Japanese fisherman was being held at gunpoint by a Marine. So, the Japanese fisherman starts laughing. The Marine instantly started to laugh as well and traded a few cigarettes for some fish. The ending was very violent and unrealistic as well. However - the highlight of this movie was definitely the lieutenant. I have tried to imitate him and it's literally hard on the jaw muscles to talk that way.