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Irish Colonel Charlie McPhearson has just had his platoon of twenty-eight slaughtered by German troops. Angered at his superiors for this suicide mission, he takes convicts on his next, along with fornicating American explosives technician Major Burke, to defuse underwater mines so that a commando squado can prepare for a June 10 invasion to destroy a tank gun. Because Colonel Ackerman, whose troops killed his last platoon, is the leader of the platoon in charge of the gun, McPhearson insists on trying to complete the commandos' mission.
'La Legione dei dannati' AKA 'Battle of the Commandos' and 'Legion of the Damned' is one of numerous Second World War films to emerge from Italy during the late 1960s. As the spaghetti western lost vitality, producers financed movies with cowboy themes set in wartime Europe and often made use of locations previously filled by desperadoes and stagecoaches. Exploitationist Umberto Lenzi was one director who jumped on the bandwagon, first making 'Desert Commandos' in 1967. In 1969 came his second war film, this low-budget affair produced by Bruno Bolognesi and Ignacio Gutierrez.

American character actor Jack Palance leads a potboiler that grifts material from several big-budget films, most noticeably 'The Dirty Dozen' and 'The Guns of Navaronne.' Palance stars as Colonel Charley MacPherson, a Scottish commando leader who has returned to Britain after witnessing the deaths of his entire unit in a North African tactical mission. While irate over the handling of his men by British generals, MacPherson is talked into leading a raid off the Normandy coast to destroy mines for incoming D-Day soldiers. It so happens that the coastal area is watched over by Colonel Ackerman (Wolfgang Preiss), whose German unit wiped out MacPherson's on the desert sands.

With his entire team dead, MacPherson is allowed to choose six men needed for the mission. Readily at hand are four insubordinates (à la 'The Dirty Dozen') whom the colonel pulls out of their jail cell. Also tagging along are Captain Burke (Thomas Hunter), an American explosives 'expert,' and Sergeant Habinda (Aldo Sambrell), MacPherson's loyal Indian aide who was the only other person to survive North Africa. The men get their job done, but end up stranded on the coast after a trailing band of commandos is gunned down. Thirsty for revenge against Ackerman, MacPherson forces his unwilling crew to reach the next objective, the destruction of a giant howitzer for use during allied invasions.

'Battle of the Commandos' is considerably better-plotted than Lenzi's other war films, including his 1978 stinker 'The Greatest Battle,' which recycles a great deal of footage used here. The script by a seven-man team that included emerging Dario Argento gives somewhat more weight to character study, although there is little development and each person sings mostly one tune for the entire film. Enough balance is achieved between dialogue and the action scenes to make this film watchable, since the fighting consists only of close-range shootouts between MacPherson's unit and small bands of the German army. These cheaply-budgeted action sets make repeated use of the same extras and props, with poor coordination to boot.

Palance's open-mouthed chutzpah is not enough to carry this film, although his gritty presence is felt at times. Wolfgang Preiss ('A Bridge Too Far') is the better lead as a rational German officer slowly watching his country fall to pieces. Thomas Hunter effectively plays his role as a youthful American who is dependable but would rather be somewhere else. Helmuth Schneider has good moments as Private Schrier, a concentration camp escapee who wouldn't mind getting back at the Nazis. Guido Lollobrigida plays a rogue who changes his ways, while Claudio Undari and Bruno Corazzari leave MacPherson only to head back after realizing their chances of escaping German territory. As usual for Lenzi's war films, there are too many people floating through the story, including several members of the French Resistance and a female hostage (Diana Lorys) used to leak information.

While the script and acting are decent, this movie is hurt by Lenzi's bizarre and often careless directing. The action scenes are hysterically paced and have little or no continuity. Soldiers and gunfire seem to pop out of nowhere and camera angles change on a whim, disorienting the viewer. Lenzi also makes us reach for an aspirin with drastic zooms, close-ups, and dolly swings even more overdone than in films by Michael Winner. The editing by Giese Rohm and uncredited Stanley Frazen is awful throughout. Rohm is (unsurprisingly) not credited for any other film, while Frazen managed to edit the 'Kojak' TV series and 'Friday Foster' during the 1970s. The cinematography by Alejandro Ulloa is nothing to write home about. One pleasant surprise is the music by Marcello Giombini, in a military style that reminds one of Shostakovich.

Known through most of the 1970s for his gialli, Lenzi's efforts in the war genre actually became worse. Footage from 'Battle of the Commandos' was reused in 'The Greatest Battle,' a film with top-shelf actors and limited craftsmanship. By the mid-1980s, Lenzi was out of second chances and had beaten it to Yugoslavia, turning out direct-to-video junk like 'Wartime' and 'Bridge to Hell.' It is quite ironic that Dario Argento, who co-wrote this film, went on to bigger and better things while Lenzi never exceeded this level.

'Battle of the Commandos' is not an easy film to purchase, since it has never been released as a DVD and is rarely available in VHS format. Republic Pictures Home Video distributed a cassette version in the mid-80s, one of the worst VHS presentations that I have ever seen. Besides the horrendous print quality, this version appears to be a straight transfer with little (if any) pan and scan; actors are cropped off the screen entirely, often while speaking. This makes the action scenes an even harder watch and ruins a touching moment at the film's conclusion. The print looks as if discovered in someone's attic, with faint colors, endless grain, and severe artifacts. 'Battle of the Commandos' would certainly look better in a restored widescreen presentation, although looks alone could never make this film 'good.'

* ½ out of 4 Action-filled movie set at end WWII , it follows the reckless adventures of a valiant platoon , some courageous soldiers during WWII in France to defuse underwater mines and to destroy a giant tank gun . Col. Charley MacPherson (Jack Palance) is angered at his superiors (John Stacy) for a suicide mission as he has just had his squadron of twenty-eight massacred by German troops commanded by Col. Ackerman (Wolfgang Preiss) ; as MacPherson seeks vengeance against him when the German troops slaughtered his last bunch . That's why the brave army colonel takes convicts on his next , on a dangerous mission to explode a German-built cannon before it's used against the Allied forces that could have changed the course of WWII ; these are the followings : Pvt. Sam Schrier (Helmuth Schneider) , Pvt. Tom Carlyle (Guido Lollobrigida as Lee Burton), Sgt. Karim Habinda (Aldo Sambrell) , Pvt. Frank Madigan (Bruno Corazzari) , Pvt. Albert Hank (Antonio Molino Rojo) , Pvt. Bernard Knowles (Lorenzo Robledo). Many of them are killed , but McPhearson insists on attempting to complete the commandos' mission.

Jack Palance as Irish Colonel Charlie McPhearson assumes the character of commando leader in this ordinary wartime movie regularly directed by Umberto Lenzi . Medium budget European war film that lost continuity with US cuts . This moving film packs frantic thrills , perilous adventures , relentless feats , and buck-loads of explosive action and violence . The noisy action is uniformly well-made , especially deserving of mention the rip-roaring final scenes in which the motley group is really besieged , including some spectacular shootouts and bombing . The first half of the film allows the colorful cast of character actors to have their fun as they get their tails whipped into shape and develop shaky relationship with their leader . The final part is all action , as the brave commando wreak havoc and then run for their lives . Apart from the values of team spirit , cudgeled by Palance into his misfit group , the film is full of feats , suspense , and thrills . Rough Jack Palance is leader of the motley pack together thwart the Nazi schemes , he gives an overacting and puts faces and grimaces . Palance dominates this adventure war with his hysterical performance as a merciless Colonel with only one thirst : to carry out the nail-biting as well as puzzling mission and his unforgivable vendetta . Palance played some wartime movies as ¨Halls of Montezuma¨, ¨Ten seconds to hell¨ , ¨A bullet for Rommel¨ and several exotic/historical characters in ¨The Silver Chalice¨, ¨Attila¨ , ¨Rosmunda and Alboino¨, ¨The horsemen¨ , ¨Barrabas¨, ¨The Mongols¨ , among others . Main cast is passable . As well as the largely secondary cast formed by a lot of Spanish/Italian secondaries , all of them ordinary from Pasta/Chorizo Western and Peplum , such as: Antonio Molino Rojo , Aldo Sambrell , Lorenzo Robledo , Luis Induni , Diana Lorys , Guillermo Méndez , Gerard Herter , Robert or Claudio Undari , Franco Fantasia , Guido Lollobrigida , Mirko Ellis , Helmuth Schneider and an American , Thomas Hunter ,as the fornicating explosives technician officer Burke .

This one belongs to a numerous group of Italian/Spanish WWII films , imitating American ones , usually directed by José Luis Merino , Leon Klimovsky , and Lenzi and including tarnishing Hollywood stars , such as ¨The legion of no return¨ with Tab Hunter , ¨Hell's brigade¨ with Jack Palance , ¨Command attack¨ with Michael Rennie . All of them supported by the Spanish Army that lent tanks , weapons , soldiers and extras to make these films . Atmospheric and functional musical score by Marcello Giombini , adding an attractive but repetitive leitmotif . Mediocre cinematography in Eastmancolor filmed by Alejandro Ulloa (Horror Express) , a perfect remastering is extremely necessary . Being filmed on location in Casa de Campo , Madrid , La Pedriza , Colmenar Viejo , Navacerrada mountains , Madrid , Spain . This is a wartime typical vehicle and into the ¨warlike commando sub-genre¨ , in USA style which also belong the American classics as : ¨Dirty Dozen (Robert Aldrich)¨ ,¨ Where eagles dare (Brian G. Hutton)¨ , ¨Kelly's heroes (Hutton)¨, ¨Tobruk (Arthur Hiller)¨ , ¨Devil's Brigade (Andrew V McLagen)¨ and many others.

This is a regularly conceived WWII with action filled , brief studio character , drama and exciting battles , but nothing special . Packs inaccurate details and an extremely talented though wasted cast make this one an acceptable Italian/Spanish production though failed . The film contains news-reel documentary , stock-shots vignettes and miniatures , however lost continuity with several cuts and zooms . The battle scenes were shot in La Pedriza , Manzanares Del Real , Navacerrada , Madrid where in the 60s and 70s were filmed lots of Westerns . The tale was middlingly directed by Umberto Lenzi , he often used the pseudonym Hank Milestone and Humphrey Logan . He's an expert on wartime genre such as he proved in ¨ Desert commandos¨ , ¨Battle of commandos¨, ¨From hell to victory¨, and ¨Bridge to hell¨.

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