Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Stephan Hammond It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

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

Leofwine_draca GO FOR BROKE! is a standard WW2 B-movie with an interesting basis: it tells of a platoon of Japanese-American troops fighting on the side of America against Nazi Germany during the war. Inevitably this is based on a true story and covers an aspect of the conflict that you don't really hear much about these days.Van Johnson plays the platoon's lieutenant, initially sceptical and rather racist when he hears about his new unit, but gradually developing a grudging form of respect for his men. The Asian actors are all fine, sympathetic, and convincing in their parts. The battle scenes are quite low rent and not always convincing, but they're delivered with enough gusto to make them entertaining.

Daniel Michael O'Conail --I don't have much to add about the positive aspects about what this movie *says*. I happen to agree, and that's all well and good. What I would like to mention as far as a *technical* review goes is that the attention to detail is quite remarkable. This is the first time I've seen a G43 rifle used in a WWII movie. Additionally, the *sounds* of the firearms are different, which is something that is often missed in a production. When people creep around while being shot at, they look like they have actually been shot at.I've read that this movie was comprised largely of actual 442 veterans, which takes it from being a matter of "Interesting Public Domain" to being something of a National Treasure, in terms of visual history.

winner55 The clichés in this film - including Van Johnson's wimpy performance - were probably inevitable for the day, so I think they can be readily forgiven.That's important, because the good of this film is so very good. Professionally made, with a very strong story, the film confronts its themes with surprising honesty and maturity.This is a rock-solid war movie, with a straight to the point expose of American racism. Try to imagine having a Japanese American soldier getting killed taking a bullet for you and then hearing some clown say "well, he's a nip, who cares". If this man's life was worthless, then, since he gave it up to save you, yours must be worthless as well.After the Second World War, it at last (however gradually) started to become clear that in a nation of many ethnicities and religions, with a large (and largely volunteer) army of much the same population, this is what such bigotry amounts to, a stone-cold denial of everything American, including Americans themselves.With right-wing Republicans trying subtly, but unmistakeably, to persuade us we are at war with Islam, this is a lesson we had better remember: Muslim soldiers in America's Army fight for America with courage as great as any Christians.If it were any less of a film, relying on "Go for Broke!" to deliver this message would be a mistake; but it's a solid, entertaining film, with tough action scenes, amusing comic relief, and just as much sentiment as it needs to play for middle-of-the-road viewers.Highly recommended, and deserving of a much greater reputation than it has as yet.

lakelandjim This movie is significant because of its subject matter: only five short years after World War Two ended, "Japs" have become full-fledged Americans fighting for honor and country. Of course, the movie was released at a time when the US was caught in another Asian war (Korea) and we needed to know the "good" Asians from the "bad" ones.The battle scenes are plausible, if not outstanding, but the greater story arcs are the transformation of Lt. Grayson into a true-blue fan of an ethnic minority he once despised; and the struggle of the Nisei to prove themselves even though they were American all along. Deals with ethnic issues much better than most war movies. Also peppered with humor.