Tedfoldol
everything you have heard about this movie is true.
MusicChat
It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.
Forumrxes
Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.
Emmeline Kellie
History was never my strongest subject and I ashamedly never took much of an interest in our war history so my knowledge is very limited.My dad is a big lover of war films so I watched quite a lot of them growing up, and to me, it always looked the same: a big battlefield, a mass of soldiers (hard to tell apart in their uniforms) and lots of guns and explosions. Being the big girl I was, it just wasn't my thing!Allies is a WWII drama but there's so much more to this film than war and I absolutely loved it. It made me laugh and cry in all the right places as I followed these guys on their mission. The characters are very well developed and you get to know and love them all individually which was the real driving force of the film for me.Since watching Allies, I've been encouraged to watch other war movies and I've even taken a much keener interest in the Second World War and our history that has so heavily impacted the world as we know it today.Allies is beautifully shot, the actors are all brilliant which is especially essential in such a character-driven film, and the filmmakers get the level of intensity and action just right in my opinion: enough to keep me gripped, tense and on the edge of my seat, but not so much that it feels over done!Would definitely watch again and I highly recommend.
rlobb
"Allies" is an exciting, action-packed war movie that can be very enjoyable if you can get over the fact that it is rather ludicrous and predictable. If every Allied soldier killed that many Germans, the war would have been over in six months. And one could only wish that Allied tanks would have shown up in such a timely manner. It rather reminded me of WWII shows that used to appear on American TV, except that some of them (especially "Combat!") were superior, dramatically speaking. But who doesn't like a slam-bang story of commando action, combat, betrayal, and even a little romance? Not a great war movie by any means, but not a bad film if you are willing to suspend a rather large portion of disbelief.
Eliteskeet
While this movie has some notable historical inaccuracies and "dumb enemy syndrome," it is an exciting and action-packed movie that most fans of war films will enjoy.I thought the action sequences and special effects were excellent for a lower budget film, although the music/environmental sounds are often heavy and make the combat dialog hard to hear. The plot is solid enough to be interesting and the film is packed with explosions and gunfire.This film is nowhere near the same tier as Saving Private Ryan or Downfall, but it kept me very entertained and left me surprised at how much I enjoyed it.
darthurs
I find myself being burned quite frequently these days by the review scores on IMDb. I guess it is a testament to the sites popularity that efforts are obviously made these days to drive up scores.Personally when I see an above average score I double check on rotten tomatoes, where Allies doesn't even have a score - IE it's gone completely unnoticed into the world.Anyhoo, I won't waste your time with the plot which has been covered in other reviews. Nor will I dwell on the diabolical script / camera work etc.I'm a WW2 buff so gave this a punt, but much as I love the genre I do require a bit of realism from battle scenes and I got none of that here.For example, British para's - I was one - do NOT wear red berets in combat (for reasons I'd hope would be obvious). The soldiers in the film did, whilst they stood around in bunched groups trading pot shots with the Germans. The para who poked his up over the grass verge to take a quick peek wearing what was effectively a red lantern on his head deserved what happened, sniped of all things by a machine gunner.Whilst still under fire squaddies do not take a break to run back to a fallen comrade and squat by him - in the open - to bemoan the tragedies of war.Give this one a miss.
