hrkepler 'Ski Troop Attack' must be one of the lousiest war war movies ever made, and it is by far the worst Roger Corman's movie. The film is incoherent and sloppy (not unusual traits for Roger Corman's film), but at the same time it lacks that unique taste of cheese and sleaze. The film is not laughably bad, by that I mean 'Ski Troop Attack' don't fall into beloved category of 'so bad it's good' - that particular film is just bad. By the time the film reaches it's climax you don't even care anymore.The story in general is not that bad - in a snowy German forests and mountains US Army ski patrol has to cross behind enemy lines to blow up strategically important railroad bridge. The squad have to defend themselves against constant attacks of German troops. Within the group there are conflicts between young lieutenant (Michael Forest) and hard talking sergeant (Frank Wolff), but these quarrels stay too calm and never grow into real competition. Basically, nothing that much different compared from other war movies. There was one interesting scene between American troops and a wife of a German soldier that promised something different, but that opportunity was left fully exploited.I don't call any movie a waste of time ever (not even in this particular case), but I wouldn't recommend that movie to anyone. 'Ski Troop Attack' is suitable watching only for hardcore Corman fans who are interested of how dull and dreary snore-fest on of the most interesting and entertaining filmmakers can produce. Sloppily directed, poorly written, badly edited. Well, what did you expect, some might ask - I expected to be entertained.

Michael_Elliott Ski Troop Attack (1960) *** (out of 4) Ultra low-budget Roger Corman flick about a group of Americans (on skis) stuck behind German lines. The film is certainly very silly but at the same time it remains very interesting throughout. Considering Corman only took two weeks shooting this thing it's rather amazing at how good it came out looking. There's some very nice cinematography and the locations are great. There's really nothing overly special about this film but it does contain some nice action and a rather unique story.

Zontar-2 In a snowy German forest, stranded GI's observe stock WWII footage and evade the enemy. Aside from some testy exchanges with a frosty fraulein, the stick-figure characters bark war-comic banalities (though the script's feverish dialogue and structure might have made a swell comic!). The troop's captain is constantly baited by his smug, war-happy sargeant. One assumes a showdown will ensue, but the budget must not have allowed for even modestly choreographed fistcuffs. The equally anticlimactic finale has the soldiers destroying a bridge that's "an impossible target from the air." (??!) Bereft of stuntwork or even a passable master shot, the lucky viewer is left with a jumble of grimacing-face close-ups and mismatched model train footage that even Al Adamson would disown. Roger Corman always blames this dog's shortcomings on production snafus...yet a rookie director employed most of the same cast,crew, and locations for BEAST FROM HAUNTED CAVE (shot back-to-back with SKI TROOP), and that schlocker turned out OK. Corman's apparent strategy was to grab as much footage in as little time possible and hope to cobble together something watchable in post. As a result, many scenes look interchangeable, and there's little dramatic flow. You can make a good cheap war flick with a tiny cast (BATTLE OF BLOOD ISLAND, '60) and scant action (UNDER FIRE, '57), but this sucker should be avoided like a cloud of mustard gas.

D-co Considering Roger Corman shot this in two weeks, it's an amazingly good- looking film. Quite suspenseful and action-packed with a unique setting -- the ski troops we had in the German mountains. Holds interest all the way through and never betrays a low budget. Very worthwhile.