Company K
by Robert Clem
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Actor: Ari Fliakos, Daniel Stewart Sherman, Joe Delafield, Steve Cuiffo, Terry SerpicoDirector: Robert Clem
Brand: 2K4 INC DBA INDICAN PI
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-02-19
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 00492K4D
Studio: Indican
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- In a small American town in 1933, troubled WWII veteran Joe Delaney has just finished writing a book about his experience as a U.S. marine. How in the nightmare of war, each man is defined by singular moments in which his true character is revealed. Joe describes the German soldier who haunts his dreams, the camaraderie fused by fighting together and the reality of dying for your country. Featu
DVD Reviews of Company K
DVD Review: Company K
Summary: 1 Stars
This movie fails on every level.
First, because of the low budget they were unable to hire enough extras, build/rent enough period military equipment and, most importantly, recreate WWI battlefield scenes with even a modicum of realism. The trenches are too clean and too obviously fresh to be authentic. You don't see any of the litter or wear and tear you see in any frontline position after it has been occupied for even a few days.
Second, the acting is terrible, like they hired a bunch of guys from a community theater. The reaction of the young, Ivy League-educated officer to the deaths of his men caused by a stupid order on his part was one of the more egregious bad acting moments. And there weren't any good ones.
Third, much of what happens is unrealistic. The company portrayed in this film is the most incompetent bunch I've ever seen on film. A scene in which two guys are walking through the German-infested woods just chatting away left me dumbfounded (at least they had their rifles at the ready). There are many other such incidents in the film where you see inadvertent examples of incompetence (i.e., the director did not realize he was crafting a scene in which the actors are doing things that either simply would not have happened or, if they did, would have been so far outside the norm that it would require some explanation). You have to wonder if ANYONE connected with making this film had ever served in the military.
Fourth, and most damaging, the movie gets many basic details wrong. The highest ranking sergeant in the company, who would probably be at least a gunnery sergeant, is only a sergeant (i.e., three stripes/chevrons) and is grossly overweight for a WWI-era senior Marine NCO. (Perhaps due to a rapid expansion of the USMC with the onset of war? We don't know and it isn't explained.) The Marines at several points refer to themselves as soldiers, which no Marine would ever do.
And finally, in one of the most important scenes of the movie, a letter to a fallen Marine's family telling the truth about his death is thrown into the fire but we see on the letterhead "United States Army." Now how do you get that wrong? These kinds of basic and easily avoidable mistakes destroyed the movie's credibility.
If you are anti-war and on the left side of the political spectrum at least this movie shares your ideology but it's no Platoon or All Quiet on the Western Front. Compare Company K to Band of Brothers, which has a roughly similar format, and you can see what Company K could have been if it had been in competent hands.
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