Neil Mitchell

Despite the high production values, the battle scenes are ridiculous and utterly implausible - like an old Sgt Rock cartoon brought to life. As is usual with American WWII films, the German soldiers are all terrible shots who obligingly line up to be mowed down in droves. During the breaks in the action, there is a tiresome and formulaic storyline about bonding between the tank crew members. Overall, a waste of time and money.

Really bad. Mawkish, clichéd, badly written, badly acted, stupidly-plotted soap opera. Appallingly bad as history. Just one example of the idiocy of the writing - a Polish soldier escapes German troops in Poland and somehow manages to walk to the British troops in France just in time for the evacuation at Dunkirk. Everyone involved in this travesty should feel deeply embarrassed. But it is so bad that it sort of works as an unintended comedy.