War movies depict a wide range of conflicts and perspectives, and are form of anti-war narrative.
Plot: Hell in the Pacific is set during World War II, a shot-down American pilot and a marooned Japanese navy captain find themselves stranded on the same small uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. Following war logic, each time the crafty Japanese devises something useful, he guards it to deny its use to the Yank,…
Plot: American parachute commandos are sent to destroy a German flame thrower installation on Omaha Beach. Murphy is skeptical of his mission’s practicality, but Strobel is fanatically dedicated to destroying the base, and the two butt heads several times before the film’s bullet-ridden climax. Hell in Normandy (1968) Review: This was an Italian-French co-production, and…
Plot: War Devils tells a story of a German and American Captain who help each other survive the North African desert during WWII. They meet again a year later during combat operations in France. A German Captain and American Captain help each other survive the North African desert during WWII. They meet again a year…
Plot: Paths of Hate is a short tale about the demons that slumber deep in the human soul and have the power to push people into the abyss of blind hate, fury and rage. Paths of Hate (2010) Review: An extended action sequence, Paths of Hate is 10 minutes long, and introduces a surreal turn…
8 (2010) – Soldiers Outwitting Each Other In A Game of Cat and Mouse 8 (2010) – In the depths of a snowy forest in an unknown wartime, two soldiers from opposing armies try to outwit each other in a perilous game of cat and mouse – until they find themselves outplayed by destiny. “8”…
Sort (No Man’s Land) (2014) – The Horrors of World War I Sort (No Man’s Land) (2014) – The CG animated film is set during World War I in 1916, and the story centers on two Danish soldiers in the German army. One of the soldiers has a burnt, deformed face, and the two are…
In order to cope with the battle around him, the soldier in a trench during the first world war, becomes paralyzed with fear. imagines a land where toy soldiers kill only balloons, shoot daisies from their rifles, and receive chocolate coin medals. But even in his imagination, he can’t escape the horrifying truth about war…
World War (2008) – Robot Destroying Hiroshima Once More! The film takes place 100 years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, and it follows a robot who’s trying to bomb the city once again. But instead of dropping the bomb he runs into some trouble — and a bigger, more intense foe. In…