From the moment Quentin Tarantino announced that his next project would be a remake of this obscure spaghetti WWII flick, The Inglorious Bastards has been hailed as a lost B-movie classic. If only. What it is, in fact, is a reasonably entertaining rip-off of The Dirty Dozen, with gentle giant Svenson (TV's Walking Tall) and all-around cool customer Williamson (Black Caesar) leading a group of GI prisoners making a run for the Swiss border. Along the way they mow down Nazis, spy on skinny-dipping fräuleins, and swap macho one-liners. The action may be first-rate, but the dialogue is tough sledding. The set's highlights include a rousing soundtrack CD, a couple of nostalgic docs, and a conversation between Tarantino and director Enzo G. Castellari, who's barely able to get a word in edgewise. B
BAND OF BASTARDS In the trenches of the 1978 WWII movie The Inglorious Bastards
EW's GRADE
BDetails Release Date: Jul 29, 2008; DVD Release Date: Jul 29, 2008; Movie Rated: Unrated; With: Bo Svenson and Fred Williamson
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