theoneandonlyjimmypage A band of miscreants up to no good. Drinking stolen Thunderbird...egging each other on with loaves of bread ...manage to commit enough war crimes in every scene long enough to get into a good old fashioned brawl...this movie would be a hoax to the warehoused who are prisoners and criminally insane.The action falls apart like a moth in a blast furnace.Must not see.These later bunch of gangsters are sickening and a company of discarded scripts lit.taking refuge... for these hooligans to create these paper dragons.(you wouldn't expect such a bad movie with all that fuss)

zkonedog During the 1960s, a glut of films set in World War 2 America were produced. This was one of them. If your generation's pivotal moment was WW2, then you will enjoy this film very much. However, for the younger generation, it does just enough to stay on the right side of the "boring line".For a basic plot summary, this film focuses on the efforts of Army officer Major Reisman (Lee Marvin) to turn a ragtag group of convicts into a serious fighting force for a suicide mission behind enemy lines. Many of the cons are played by popular actors/personalities such as Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, Telly Savalas, and Donald Sutherland, to name but a few.Like I said, this film does just enough to keep it from being boring. The characters are by-and- large entertaining, the plot is interesting enough to make you want to see the resolution, and the acting is solid.Here's the problem: it also has the pacing of a 60s movie (which will be a problem with the younger crowd). This movie could have been 30 minutes shorter and probably been just as good, as parts (like at the beginning and end) really got bogged down. Again, this is probably a generation-gap difference in film watching at play here, but I just wanted to point it out.Thus, though I wouldn't ever call this movie a "classic" unless I'm referring to the decade in which it was made, it is decent enough to warrant a viewing if you are a fan of either WW2 flicks, or ensemble-cast blockbusters that showcase celebrities of that era. If you don't fall into either category, then you should probably stay away.

Lebowskidoo Or: The Expendables is basically The Dirty Dozen 2010's, that was my point, it is completely derived from The Dirty Dozen. Not that there's anything wrong with that. It's obviously the blueprint for so many action movies that followed. A lot meaner and funnier than I expected going in. Everyone's so young and alive! Charles Bronson had yet to grow his trademark moustache and Donald Sutherland looks like a teenager.I enjoyed this movie and the odd cast mixing together. Telly Savalas as "Maggot" was one creepy weirdo! Makes you wonder how this sort of movie plays in Germany, if at all?

Claudio Carvalho During the World War II, Major Reisman (Lee Marvin) is a tough and efficient military with problems with his superiors. He is assigned by General Worden (Ernest Borgnine) for an almost impossible top secret suicide mission: to kill as much senior German officers as possible in a retreat on the eve of the D-Day. He must train twelve undisciplined convicted soldiers, most of them sentenced to death, to accomplish the mission. He joins the twelve men under the positive leadership of Joseph Wladislaw (Charles Bronson) and the negative leadership of the insubordinate Victor Franko (John Cassavetes) and tries to form a team. He makes General Worden to promise to release them all if they are well succeeded. Meanwhile his enemy Colonel Everett Dasher Breed (Robert Ryan) tries to make his life more difficult but Reisman and his twelve men prove that they are efficient. Will they succeed in their mission? "The Dirty Dozen" is one of the best movies about war, with the perfect combination of action and comedy. Despite the 2h 30 min running time, this film is never boring; indeed it is highly entertaining. Director Robert Aldrich makes another masterpiece and the performances of the magnificent cast are top-notch. The conclusion is quite moralist and predictable with most of the soldiers dying but it is part of the American culture in the 60's, since it would be unjustified killers convicted to death by hanging be proclaimed national heroes and stay alive. My vote is ten.Title (Brazil): "Os Doze Condenados" ("The Twelve Convicted")