Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

bulldog-19459 I'm totally amazed by the reviewers that gave this movie more than a "1". Bad acting, bad dialog, unrealistic combat scenes and everything else already mentioned by the other reviewers. I rarely write reviews, but this one forced me to do one. The WWII Pathfinders were critical to the D-Day invasion, but this movie is SO bad, it should have never been made. Hopefully some one will do their story justice in a future movie.

troybeer Amateur, stilted, uninspired acting, boring dialogue, heavy-handed use of close-ups, bad lighting, inconsistent sound, muted color alternating with too-vivid color, and excruciatingly slow story development are just the first five minutes. The lack of any connection between the overwrought music and the action (actually the total lack of action) on the screen is confusing to the point of being aggravating. The characters are not developed and remain two-dimensional. The language is anachronistic, and the director seems to have instructed everyone in a uniform to be as expressionless as mannequins until it is their turn to look confused. Every shot is an extreme close-up or an extreme oblique angle for no apparent reason. I get that the color, music, camera angles, etc. are used for effect. But when the effect is so obvious, it becomes a distraction. And this film does nothing else but distract the viewer. Unfortunately, nuance and subtlety are the two effects that were not used in this film. Even if none of that bothers you, having a paratrooper jump into enemy occupied territory without a weapon is just plain stupid. If you're making a war movie, you give the actors playing soldiers some guns.

bravesfan35 I can easily see why some war movies aren't promoted as much as others and some just aren't promoted at all. This movie was clearly low-budget. The grenades had hardly any explosive effect to them whatsoever. The first hour or so of the movie featured way too many close-up shots. If you can't stand the sight of blood, this movie is okay to watch because there was no blood seen anywhere in the film. The acting was very poor as well. I'm a big fan of war movies but the only way I can enjoy a film is if the acting is at least decent, the effects are genuine, and it's historically accurate. This film wasn't as hard to get through as Brother's War was but it's not far off in the level of horrific film making.

gabe-o I have watched just about every WW2 movie and TV series ever made since the war, plus most of key movies made of the Vietnam and Korean wars. Given this movie's synopsis, and having previously read the historical story of D-Day airborne pathfinders, I was really looking forward to watching the movie and hoping it will be good. I was absolutely disappointed!'Pathfinders' is so bad it has to rank in the worst 5% of WW2 movies ever made! Describing the movie as 'awful' would be an understatement. I always hesitate being too critical but this movie is so bad that it is difficult, arguably impossible, to rate it as anything else.And what's this about a 60 year secret? Total nonsense!Some argue that the acting is poor. I believe however that it is pathetic directing and poor production. Who in the right mind directs and produces a film where much of the film involves closeups of actors' faces? How much mouth, nose, eyes and ears, filling the screen, can a viewer take? It got so annoying that it really tested my perseverance and was tempted to stop the movie several times during play. Finally I had had enough about 3/4 of the way through.There is not much in terms of colors and textures; everything is dark. Characters are not properly portrayed, developed and followed through the movie. All the characters melded together and one got confused as to who is who.The film also suffers from lack of continuity and momentum, plus many parts simply do not make sense. It is disjointed.Much of the tactical movement and action is completely unrealistic and ludicrous.This movie was to be a portrayal of a dramatic, distinguished and historical battle behind the lines, but lacked so much it did not successfully portray anything. Sadly this movie does no justice to the brave heroes who were the real pathfinders. Those old warriors, many of whom were citizen volunteers for the war, are deserving of much, much more than this. If this movie was meant to commemorate or memorialize these men or their sacrifices, it has undoubtedly failed and failed utterly.I cycle through my WW2 DVDs and probably watch each movie twice or more every year. Pathfinders was such a torture to watch that I will probably never watch it again. I would not recommend this movie, and certainly would not recommend buying its DVD.