Five for Hell

1969 "Five men behind enemy lines in the most impossible mission of World War II ..."
5| 1h35m| en
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Lt. Glenn Hoffmann is the the fun-loving leader of a bunch of oddball, acrobatic G.I.s whose mission is to steal the German's secret attack plans from a villa behind enemy lines, where they run into a brutal Nazi commander.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
Bezenby I love Italian film but their sixties war films can be a bit of a slog (compared to the Last Hunter and Strike Commando in the eighties), however, this one has a good bit of style, and a few actors who are always fun to watch.Also, Klaus Kinski is in this, but he actually has a substantial part! Sit down for this, right, but he's playing a German bad guy who is a bit crazy. Gianni Garko on the other hand is a hard-arse GI out to steal plans from a safe with his team, consisting of Sal Borghese! Giovanni Frezza (I think that's his name), and two other guys, one of which looks like Guillano Gemma, is a acrobat like Guillano Gemma, but is not Guillano Gemma. Strange.This dirty half a dozen minus one head towards this villa occupied by Kinski, and a double crossing agent called Helga. That's really the plot, to be honest. It's fun though, and has a bit of style as it's made by that guy who made that Sartana film.I'd also add though however that this IS a sixties Italian war film, and they really kind of follow a formula.
David Rygmyr (davidry-83687) 1969 music. Gymnastics. Softball (as a weapon.) Tap dancing. Very much like a spaghetti western except it's a WWII flick. Giving it a 5 because it's hardly a classic but I've seen worse. They actually did a good job with the weapons, uniforms, and vehicles. Sure, there are some nits to pick, but I give these guys credit for at least trying. The plot details were a bit fuzzy but the film gives you all the basics you'd expect for a raid. The dubious goal almost gave it a sci-fi feel at points. Kudos too in that the Germans actually spoke German, although the number of Germans with Hitler mustaches exceeded the allowed quota in the realm of believable cinema.
verbusen OK, lets get this matter straight, this is a comic book war film. The Dirty Dozen, Kelley's Hero's, Inglorious Bastards, and the Tarantino reboot, and about 150+ Italian and American and probably other country's (Philippine and whatever). So do I give it an 10 for a straight film? No I give it a 6 for a straight film, it's worth it. I was thinking it would suck but we have all seen films like this that suck a lot more, just get past the boot camp stuff and try to find a decent version online (letterbox) and you will enjoy it straight to the end. Can I say Kinski is the major draw here? Not really, it's the hot women and the 5 guys from hell, and a really good kill them all finish, you wont be disappointed for staying around, it's funny intense action war comic book stuff. Don't be too critical that everyone has a sub machine gun until the end, it's all good and the Nazi's lose and we get to feel sad as well for our fallen comrades, good flick.
xiangdo Let's see: tap dancing, gymnastics, lousy music, a painful dubbed soundtrack, stilted dialog, ridiculous situations. I'm sorry, I'll have to take the previous reviewer's word for quality action scenes at the end. I stopped watching it at the point I was starting to wish someone would hurl a lead-weighted baseball at my head. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind films with a comedic take on war, nor do I have an objection to fictional story lines based on real wars; many films fit either or both of those criteria and are fine fare. Neither do I require that a war film be an epic like "Lawrence of Arabia" or have the historic scope (not to mention stellar cast of "The Longest Day", "A Bridge Too Far" or "Midway". Lots of films that fall short of those works are perfectly fine viewing."Five for Hell" was just too much for me - or, to be accurate, too little. There's a world of difference between "comedic" and "so awful it ridicules itself", and this one does. I can see little that would make this film worse; only, perhaps, had it been an Ed Woods production, or included gratuitous (and ridiculously anachronistic) scenes with bikini-clad girls it could be so.If a war-movie equivalent to "Mystery Science Theater 3000" existed, "Five for Hell" would be a prime candidate for inclusion therein. It's not a case of "so bad it's good", it's so bad, it's awful. I can't accept it as a comedy. A bad attempt at comedy is many things, but it isn't funny - and if it ain't funny, it ain't comedy.

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