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Battle for Saipan

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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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Carey-Ann Pawsey Orca Sound 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Alex G Not even a bad movie, absolutely dreadful. Whatever the Japanese were in the war, bad soldiers they certainly were not. Here, they can't shoot straight, have a Russian tank that they only fire once, and fail to overcome a handful of wounded US troops and nurses, despite a huge numerical advantage. For some reason every time our heroes ran out of bullets and resorted to fists, knives and baseball bats, the Japanese seemed to have equally run out of ammo. This gave them no chance even though seriously outnumbering the troops. The final battle has all the Japanese running through a double door and being mown down like corn. Not one of the Japanese thought to lob in a grenade which would have taken out the entire crew of soldiers, surgeons, cripples and nurses, bunched together right in front of the door as they were. Absolutely ridiculous film. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/11/25 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Laurie S It's a road of clap. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 05/29/23 Full Review Audience Member B rated movie with terrible acting. Unfortunate given it is a true story and so many paid the ultimate price with their lives. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/29/23 Full Review David L One of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. The dialogue sucks. The action is completely implausible. Should be titled "General Hospital – Saipan" Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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
Producer
Daemon Hillin
Screenwriter
Brandon Slagle
Distributor
Saban Films
Production Co
Red Phoenix Productions , The 24Karat Group, Hillin Entertainment, E1 Entertainment, Red Phoenix Bookkeeping , 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
Runtime
1h 34m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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