Fist a warning to any future customers of this product as it is "PARADOX SOLDIERS" only re-branded.Different artwork,different title but the same film.On the face of it at only a Lady Godiva (pre-order price) it looked a steal and i was quite looking forward to it,how mistaken i was.I knew something was amiss and thought i had read reviews (here on Amazon) of a film with the same premise and upon further investigation it was the same film.Luckily i don't own Paradox Soldiers and was one day going to buy it anyway.But in all seriousness this practice is wrong and should cease forthwith.Other films to have this done is The Fallen vs The Final sacrifice and Nappola vs Before the Fall,both re-branded with artwork that never appears in the actual film.One other thing before i get to the film is that never once does the blurb on the cover mention time travel.I will have to check the studios of the films mentioned to see if its just one studio or if everyone but the consumer is in on it.
The disc itself has nothing in the way of extras just a scene selection menu.
The film is about a group of students re-enacting a decisive battle on the Eastern front.During this battle four hapless students happen to stumble upon an unexploded munition from WW2 (how this device has never been found and de-activated is beyond me) and upon triggering the device they are transported back to 1944 through a portal and smack in the middle of the battle they are re-enacting.
What ensues is the bungling four main protagonists jumping from one sticky mess to another and to be fair its not that bad an idea.Unfortunately its poorly executed with more holes than a tea bag.They go back in time 70 years yet two Russians instantly recognises one of them as a friend.Confused,you will be.I was as confused as a blind man trying to solve a Rubik's Cube!You can follow the film but you spend more time looking at the screen in bewilderment rather than being entertained.
Again i did some research and found that this film is in fact a sequel.The fist film was never released in this country in the first place.I am assuming all my questions would have been answered had i watched the first film.How was i to know this when it seems the distributors have done everything they can to mislead us the hard cash paying consumer.
The battle scenes are passable but only just in this day and age.The score was hilarious but at the least the actors did a fair job.The tank used in the film,pretty much like the soldier on the cover looked like a hybrid and the uniforms were all over the place which i suppose they can get away with to a point being as the four were not in official military garb.
How this film gets good reviews under its different title is an enigma in itself.Not a film i would recommend or watch again for that matter.