The Inglorious Bastards (1981)

Best movie of this year hands down!

People are voting emotionally.

hyped garbage

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

In 1944, in France, the rogue American soldiers Lieutenant Robert Yeager (Bo Svenson), Private Fred Canfield (Fred Williamson), the murderer Tony (Peter Hooten), the thief Nick (Michael Pergolani) and the coward Berle (Jackie Basehart) are transported to a military prison. However, the convoy is attacked by the Germans and they survive and flee with the intention of cross the border of Switzerland.Along their journey, they fight against a German platoon and capture the German prisoner Adolf Sachs (Raimund Harmstorf) that offers to guide them to the Swiss border. When they meet a German troop, they kill them but sooner they discover that they actually were and American commando in a mission headed by Colonel Buckner (Ian Bannen) to steal a German V2 warhead. Lt. Yeager, Fred, Tony and Nick offer to risk their lives to accomplish the mission."Quel Maledetto Treno Blindato" is the original "The Inglorious Bastards" that Quentin Tarantino repeated the title in his film. The story is a sort of rip-off of "The Dirty Dozen", with delightful characters and non-stop action and hilarious sequences. This B-movie is entertaining parody of movies of war. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "O Expresso Blindado S.S." ("The Armored S.S. Express")

I viewed this film as i'm a great fan of the 2009 Quinten T version so I thought i would check of this as a reference. The two films are two different pieces of work except for one thing which is they are beautifully shot. This version really can't make up its mind what it wants to be as the plot somewhat changes as it goes along and is quiet boring in parts as there are sub plots and an abrupt clumsy ending however as a B movie its one of the better ones you could see. The acting is fine its just the script that lets it down. The Dirty Dozen has a start middle and end so does Inglourious 2009, still worth watching once.

If there is any movie that qualifies for the "Spaghetti War" genre, it is definitely The Inglorious Bastards. Action packed, loud explosions, flying bullets, mean unable-to-shoot straight Germans, ace shooting Americans, a dash of humour and romance, this is the ultimate guy flick.Right from the poster which boasts "Whatever the Dirty Dozen did, they did it dirtier" this film does not pretend to be artistic like Saving Private Ryan or Schindler's List or even classic like The Longest Day or the Bridge on the River Kwai. Nor are there any historic overtones like the underrated classic Operation Daybreak or the under performing A Bridge Too Far. It is just a shoot em up movie that promises loads of action and boy, does it deliver.Borrowing its plot line from the Dirty Dozen, the film centers on five American military prisoners who are inadvertently rescued when a German plane attacks their transportation. Hoping to make it to Switzerland to escape the remaining years of the war, they become inextricably pulled back into the war where they have to join the Freanch Resistance and the US Army (or Army Intelligence?) for a dangerous mission that will take them right into the lair of the enemy, of course being the Nazis.The central heroes cannot be more different. There is 1.Bo Svenson who becomes their unofficial leader looking cool in his black leather jacket and who provides the moral backbone and strength of leadership that guides the group;2. Fred Williamson who looks super cool shooting up dumb Germans in the heat of battle while casually smoking his cigar as if it was the most natural thing in the world; 3. the master forger and scavenger obsessed with a nude picture and provides comic relief; 4.a redneck racist always looking for an opportunity to goad Fred Williamson; and 5. a coward with hearing pains who inexplicably turns into a ferocious tiger if only briefly.I watched this movie in high school on VHS in Nigeria over 20 years ago and can still remember the over glorious, over patriotic but highly enjoyable score. The score is matched by a Sergio Leone type credit that features the movie title colourfully highlighted in big two dimensional letters that covers almost the entire screen, superimposed by silhouettes of somersaulting dying men and the undercarriage of a moving train.Three scenes stick out in my mind. There is the scene with Fred Willamson with his cigar and machine gun that never runs out of bullets accompanied by a beautiful French Resistane nurse that has only a (luger?) Despite the shortage of arms, and the fact that the duo is vastly outnumbered by well trained and fully armed German soldiers, the duo manages to wipe them out in a guerrilla type of warfare. Poor Nazis.The second sequence is the stealth penetration of a castle that houses the Nazi military The third sequence and perhaps the most memorable in the movie is the slow motion scene of dying warriors on both sides.The action sequences may now seem a bit tame compared to nowadays action movies. But despite the implausible plot, unbelievable action scenes, the obvious ripping off of the Dirty Dozen (prisoners compelled to fight, the obligatory African American, the obligatory redneck), this is a hugely entertaining film that will not appeal to your intellect. Just one of those guiltily enjoyable action movies that would appeal to your excitement. Just suspend your disbelief no matter how hard it may seem and enjoy the ride.

I viewed this movie because the QT movie of the same title came out in 2009. I enjoyed the drama of this movie, the plot twists, and action. I was raised in the era of Clint Eastwood's Italian westerns and while this was a low budget Italian made film, it contains some of the elements that makes those movies so great.Slightly like the Dirty Dozen this movie remains true to history and looks deep into human nature. There is a lot of good action scenes and the acting is great for the style. There are better action war films to watch but few that will remain a classic like this one.While I did not enjoy the 2009 movie by QT, I must thank him for directing my attention to this title. Enzo Girolami Castellari is by far a much better director from viewing both movies of the same title. My advice is to rent both and come to your own conclusions.