Battle for Saipan

R

Released Nov 25, 2022

1 hr. 34 min.

War

History

Drama

Action

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Casper Van Dien (Alita: Battle Angel) and Louis Mandylor (Rambo: Last Blood) star in this edge-of-your-seat WWII epic. On July 7th, 1944, a US Army hospital on the remote island of Saipan is overrun by Japanese forces during a relentless attack. Outgunned and surrounded by the enemy, a lone medic (Van Dien) puts it all on the line to lead a band of wounded warriors to safety.

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Patrick H

I HAVE NEVER WRITTEN A MOVIE REVIEW, AND THIS WAS THE WORST MOVIE IVE EVER SEEN. A 3rd grade videography class couldn't come up with something as God awful as this. This would be a cool war movie to someone made out of snowflakes who the most gory thing they've ever seen was a second of happy tree friends before they got sick to their stomach and had to hug their teddy bear. The director and writer should be sent to Jeffrey E's Island because they deserve a lifetime of punishment for what I had to sit through. It was devised by the brain of someone who advocated for water pistols instead of real pistols as imojis. I've seen better foreign films. Shame shame shame

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/31/23

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Garry B

I wish this movie wasn't a B movie. I really love how some movies really show you what soldiers felt. I think it was ok. Over dramatic at times & just not what our soldiers had to deal with. It's worth a watch but hoped it would had been better.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/16/23

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Rick J

From a technical and historical accuracy standpoint this movie is a joke. Completely unrealistic. First of all, combat squads were not racially integrated during WW2, so right off the bat this movie is not realistic. The appearance of the soldiers is not accurate or believable. The people who produced this disaster were obviously following a woke agenda. Politically correct, but a complete misrepresentation of the reality and a terrible movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/16/23

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Randy B

Not very well made. Not historically accurate with costumes. Don't waste your time watching.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/28/23

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BG D

Too many cliches (the alcoholic commander who used to be a hotshot), too many inaccuracies (the US military was strictly segregated at the time), too many dumb moves (the sniper leaves the door to the room wide open, making it absurdly easy to walk in undetected and shoot him). The pace was dumb. The dialog was silly much of the time. Couldn't take more than a few minutes at a time.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/15/23

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Rudy S

If you put aside any desire you may have for an accurste portrayal of the battle of Saipan, there is an outside chance you might possibly almost somewhat like this movie. If you are into the details of the WWII U.S. military, be it tactics, uniforms, weapons etc., you will be very disappointed. The inaccuracies are too many to mention. The writting is trite and I'm being kind. This movie begs to be taken seriously, but it cannot be. Shame. The potential was there.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/14/23

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Brandon Slagle

Director

Casper Van Dien

Vic Webber

Louis Mandylor

Major Porter

Jeff Fahey

General Jake Carroll

Devanny Pinn

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Jennifer Wenger

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Even though it feels like while you are watching Brandon Slagle’s (The Flood, Frost) Battle for Saipan that you have seen this film before, it still manages to be a decent war film.

Rated: 2.5/5

Dec 13, 2022

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

This true story is certainly worthy of a good movie, but the one we actually get here, hampered by a low budget, baffling choices, and general going-through-the-motions filmmaking, isn't it.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 5, 2022

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Joel Copling

Spectrum Culture

This simplistic, one-note waste of time and energy is barely fit even for the gung-ho demographic that would ordinarily relish yet another cinematic military victory for the USA.

Dec 1, 2022

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Monotonous, tedious and exhausting. Just as shallow and bland as Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor or a forgettable 80's Canon Group movie.

Nov 24, 2022

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

Battle for Saipan is a well-done on all levels war action drama that will appeal to action film fans with good fights, entertaining action sequences that are edited just right, and strong performances from the whole ensemble.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 22, 2022

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Roger Moore

Movie Nation

Weak directing of bad writing with a lot of actors — one of them apparently the director’s lady friend — getting a working vacation in Thailand for their trouble.

Rated: 1/4

Nov 21, 2022

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Synopsis

Casper Van Dien (Alita: Battle Angel) and Louis Mandylor (Rambo: Last Blood) star in this edge-of-your-seat WWII epic. On July 7th, 1944, a US Army hospital on the remote island of Saipan is overrun by Japanese forces during a relentless attack. Outgunned and surrounded by the enemy, a lone medic (Van Dien) puts it all on the line to lead a band of wounded warriors to safety.

Director: Brandon Slagle
Executive Producer: William V. Bromiley, Shanan Becker, Jonathan Saba, Ness Saban, Joseph Lanius, Ryan Puliz, Danny R. Carmona, Randall Bacon, Anselmo Martini, Carolina Brasil, Jordan Dykstra
Screenwriter: Brandon Slagle
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: The 24Karat Group, Red Phoenix Productions , Hillin Entertainment, Red Phoenix Bookkeeping , E1 Entertainment, Benetone Films, Stone Horus Media
Rating: R
Genre: War, History, Drama, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 25, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2022
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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