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The Last Rescue

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World World II: Shortly after D-Day, three American soldiers and two Army Corps nurses are stranded behind enemy lines. They take a high-ranking German officer as their prisoner and try to orchestrate an escape.

Status: Released

Released Date: 2015-04-21

Runtime: 107 mins

Director: Eric Colley

Writer: Sean Gleaves, Hallie Shepherd

Spoken language: English

Genres: War, Action, Drama

Original title: The Last Rescue

Production Companies: Fireshoe Productions

Production Countries: United States of America

Cast

Brett Cullen

Cody Kasch

Gilles Marini

Ryan Merriman

Feldgendarm Hans Graf

Johann Urb

Elizabeth Rice

Darren Keefe Reiher

Hallie Shepherd

Tony Doupe

Tino Struckmann

Feldgendarm Tobias Keller

Dawson Doupé

Paratrooper Fisher

Daniel Magill

Doctor

Fred Griffith

Reviews

Wuchak

**_A small group of Americans try to survive German-occupied France_** Several months after D-Day in northern France, three soldiers and two Army Corps nurses get stuck behind enemy lines and try to make it out alive. "The Last Rescue" (2015) is a WW2 indie that’s small in budget but big in heart. The producers didn’t have the resources for authentic German vehicles (tanks or Kubelwagens) or convincing CGI and so did the best they could with what was available. Yet the movie scores well in the most important department, human interest. This is basically a survival flick focusing on a small group of people who are thrust into a life or death situation and must work together in order to survive. The characters are believable, generally speaking, and the acting is very good. Sure, there are some unlikely elements, like the soldier hiding behind an open door, but all kinds of improbable scenarios like this took place in real-life. This is not to say that the titular rescue at the climax is believable. It's not; but, then again, it IS a movie. In regards to cast, Elizabeth Rice and Hallie Shepherd appear on the feminine front as Nancy and Vera respectively. Elizabeth starred in the excellent horror indie “From Within” (2008). She’s blossomed into a beautiful, intelligent woman. On the other side of the gender spectrum there’s Brett Cullen (the hardened Captain), Cody Kasch (the naïve Pvt. Lewis), Darren Keefe Reiher (Lt. Maxwell) and Tino Struckmann (German Lt. Dittrich). Bottom line, this is similar to “Saving Private Ryan” (1997) as far as the small band of Americans traversing through northern France and encountering German patrols here and there. The difference is that it includes two women in the main cast and is very much a ‘B’ movie (with hand-held cameras). So don’t expect any Tiger tanks, demolished European cities or authentic French locations. The film runs 1 hour, 46 minutes, and was shot in Alabama. GRADE: B-

2022-06-20

marchus weller

It was a ok movie, it was well produced and edited fine. The biggest problem this film had was that it seems to be a rehash of every war film ever made, the same scenes, dialogue, story line we have seen before. Nothing original at all and that seems sad because there seems to be potential for what could have been a great movie. The one highlight of the film was the supporting lead Tino Struckmann he is a very gifted actor, really good performance. exciting to watch and clearly the most talented actor in the movie. Just sad the movies story did not match a great performance, just as it is a shame he did not have a bigger part, as there were story plots sadly left not pursued by the director. The worst thing was the lead bad guy continuously ranting on in a made up language, not German nor English, that was just a very bad piece of acting and writing if it was written? It could have been much better and missing a lot of action very dull slow going.

2016-06-02

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