Sign in to see videos available to you.Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.Included with CBS All Access on Amazon from $5.99/month after trialQuickly browse titles in our catalog based on the ones you have picked. Definitely one of the best movies my family and I have seen in a long time, it's recommended whole- heartedly for everyone. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Beginning to give up hope they will ever be rescued, a group of Rangers goes on a dangerous mission to try and save them. Use the HTML below. Was this review helpful to you? It is thought Japanese dead ranged somewhere between 500 and 1,000, along with untold wounded, while 6 tanks and numerous trucks had also been destroyed.But those statistics hardly convey what the Great Raid really meant to the prisoners who had been saved, the men who saved them, or the country at large, once news of the Raid finally reached American shores – Jubilation!Yet, perhaps the most memorable image emerged when the freed POWs first encountered a tattered Stars and Stripes hanging limply from a muddy Sherman tank just behind the lines which, caught by a passing breeze, momentarily swayed-open before them.Spotting the fluttering American flag, they stopped in their tracks and – overcome with emotion – slid down from the carts, and held onto, or steadied one another as best they could. It was then when Nillist spotted the abandoned hut on a rise nearby, and he and Vaquila donned straw-hats and native garb, slipping into the hut unseen.From this new vantage point they had a clear view into the camp below and were able to sketch a detailed diagram of the guard-towers, pillboxes, bunkers, tank-sheds, guard-barracks, officer’s quarters, and POW huts. Held captive for years, they had experienced beatings, executions, beheadings, famine, and untold abuse from their Japanese guards.Emaciated to the point of death, initially they could not grasp what was happening around them, and it required time to locate, calm, and gather them all together. Many of the veteran Rangers and Scouts – long used to the ravages of war – wept openly as the prisoners, like terrified human skeletons, slowly shuffled-out from the darkness of their huts.Finally gathered at the main gate, a surviving Japanese soldier unleashed several mortar rounds, wounding a few Scouts, Rangers, and prisoners.
THE GREAT RAID does everything right, on all levels, especially by framing itself with real footage from those times which, in some cases, features the actual events and participants. What it brings home simply by presenting the story in a straightforward manner is what we used to be capable of, what we once were and stood for, and what we fought against, and why. But, no one who had ventured beyond the third floor had ever returned. This movie is quite excellent.
Landing ... The Great Raid, based on books by William Breuer and Hampton Sides This film has a promising tagline and a few superlatives for the real story on which the screenplay is based- “the most daring rescue mission of our time”, after the worst defeat in the history of American interventions and a cast with appreciated actors and a few very good actresses. “When the firing started, most of us thought it was the Japs coming in to kill us.”Years before, most of these POWs had taken part in the infamous Bataan Death March. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The Scouts carried their usual M 1 carbines, Thompson submachineguns, trench-knives, grenades, and 45 caliber automatic-pistols.The Alamo Scouts (US Sixth Army Special Reconnaissance Unit) had been formed in 1943 in New Guinea and had performed spectacularly behind enemy lines, staging reconnaissance and rescue missions ever since. Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of World War I. The film is adapted from two books, William Breuer's The Great Raid on Cabanatuan City and Ham… You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Their mission was to support and protect the Allied Troops marching to Berlin. Four American soldiers and one Brit fighting in Europe during World War II struggle to return to Allied territory after being separated from U.S. forces during the historic Malmedy Massacre. Nevertheless, given the desperate situation faced by the prisoners at Cabanatuan, General Kreuger approved the plan, and it was immediately put into operation.Everyone knew it would be a daunting task. Stops were made in several Filipino hamlets, where the villagers gladly supplied food and water to the exhausted Americans. Character development is a little thin but the focus on fact is very good - unlike the usual glossing over which Hollywood is renowned for. Taking place towards the end of WWII, 500 American Soldiers have been entrapped in a camp for 3 years. A young detective becomes involved with a beautiful woman on the run from the mob and her psychopath boyfriend. All in all, it comes together really well. This has been on TV a couple of times but its a very competent film, keeps you interested and, is based on a true story. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. 86 of 134 people found this review helpful. “I’m with him,” Nellist yelled, crawling toward the wounded. Throughout the film, the viewpoint switches between the POWs at Cabanatuan, the Rangers, the In particular, the film covers the resistance work undertaken by nurse The movie was shot in 2002 but it was pulled from release schedule on several occasions. Undetected approach, therefore, appeared close to impossible.Mucci, understanding the imminent threat the POW’s faced, wanted to attack that night, as planned. Likewise, the Filipino guerrillas moved-out. The film's historical accuracy is pretty good, especially the basics of the raid and most of the characters. The rescue mission contained a detachment of U.S. Army Rangers, Alamo scouts, and Filipino guerrilla fighters.