I'm not generally a war film fan but this one's interesting from a wartime Hollywood perspective in regards to the views of the Japanese, American minority soldiers, and the status of the homefront. Plus there's Desi Arnaz.

Pure propaganda. But still very good. The cheesy fight sequences were hilarious. Someone threw a rifle at two japs' legs and one died, the other was injured, then died.

For the time it was made, not long after Bataan had actually happened, the story is suiting--aiming to raise patriotic war morale. I find the film touching.

World War II, The Philippines: As Japanese forces advance a veteran Sgt volunteers to lead 13 men in a desperate rear guard action to slow the Japanese advance, but is this a battle any of them will walk away from? Made in 1943 at the height of the S... (read more) World War II, The Philippines: As Japanese forces advance a veteran Sgt volunteers to lead 13 men in a desperate rear guard action to slow the Japanese advance, but is this a battle any of them will walk away from? Made in 1943 at the height of the Second World War Bataan was intended as a morale booster and a salute to the Allied Forces fighting in the Pacific. Check it out. Interesting side note, the NAACP gave this film several awards for its portrail of a black soldier.

Definitely not one of the best movies of all time but if you come across a chance to watch it, I recommend that you do. It was made in the 40s so the quality is a little primitive but the is very good in terms of what it was set out to do (it was com... (read more) Definitely not one of the best movies of all time but if you come across a chance to watch it, I recommend that you do. It was made in the 40s so the quality is a little primitive but the is very good in terms of what it was set out to do (it was commissioned to be a movie of a somewhat propaganda nature during World War II to show Americans on the homefront). The acting is okay. It also features a young Desi Arnaz (pre - "I Love Lucy" days).

Really good war movie with a great cast playing an interesting collection of characters. What's interesting is that even though it's an obvious patriotic morale-booster (it was made in 1943 after all) it doesn't shy away from the horrors of the war i... (read more) Really good war movie with a great cast playing an interesting collection of characters. What's interesting is that even though it's an obvious patriotic morale-booster (it was made in 1943 after all) it doesn't shy away from the horrors of the war in the east. Even though it's fun to watch now, the characters get picked off one by one, they get sniped, die of disease, one even gets tortured to death by the Japanese and left to hang in full view of the remaining defenders. I can't imagine what it would have been like watching this while the war was still on - what if you had a father/husband/brother out there? It's strange when you think about it. What else is interesting is that the final battle sequence is surprisingly violent and intense with brutal hand-to-hand combat that doesn't pull any punches. It may be a patriotic flag-waver but it's an entirely entertaining and often moving war movie even 60 years later, a testament to its quality.

It's ok to watch, kind of predictable but had 1 or 2 funny scenes and some pretty good action, and I saw a killing technique i've never seen before.

The action in this movie, (given that it was made while the war was still going) is truly remarkable. From a movie made in the 40's, the combat scenes are simply wonderful.