Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

arfdawg-1 The Plot.Seven weeks after Pearl Harbor, volunteers form the new 2nd Marine Raider Battalion whose purpose is to raid Japanese-held islands. The men selected come from different walks of life but have toughness in common. Under command of Colonel 'Thorwald', they're trained in all imaginable forms of combat. Then, after a perilous submarine journey, they face a daunting first mission: to annihilate the much larger Japanese garrison on Makin Island, in a lengthy battle sequence.I didn't think I was gonna like this movie. And yes, it is dated.But it's very engaging and hard to stop watching. It's directed at a brisk pace. Some people call this racist. It's not. They call the enemy Japs. That the entire racism in this movie.

utgard14 Marine colonel Randolph Scott hand-picks a battalion to raid Japanese-held Makin Island during World War II. Formulaic but fun wartime actioner. Great cast, led by Scott, includes J. Carrol Naish, Noah Beery, Jr., Sam Levene, and Robert Mitchum. Lame subplot involving two brothers vying for the same girl adds nothing. Nice pace and good action. Surprisingly violent and bloody. Real training and wartime footage is used, as well. This isn't a movie with deep philosophical discussions or ponderings about the futility of war. This is an American movie made to promote the marines' role in the war effort and tell the story of one operation in particular. The marines in this film know who their enemy is and are eager to take the fight to them, as we Americans would (hopefully) all expect them to. It's also a movie made when we were at war with Japan, so keep all of that in mind before getting on your soapbox about some of the jingoism heard here. It's not one of my favorite WW2 flicks, but it has a good cast, action, and some historical significance.

ma-cortes The picture is correctly based on Carlson's first-hand account about records of battalion of Marine Raiders. Six weeks after from Japanese attack to Pearl Harbor , Pacific Ocean is full of islands and atolls occupied by Japanese army. Carlson's Raiders are specially trained group of Marine jungle fighters determined to take island of Makin in the Gilberts. For the liberation of Pacific islands is formed an elite brigade composed by daunted soldiers specially prepared. The staff(colonel Randolph Scott, lieutenant J. Carroll Naish) choose the best men, as a two-fisted ex-boxer(Robert Mitchum), a tough countryman(Rod Cameron) , a ex-reverend, a Chinese- American, two grumpy brothers(Noah Beery). For the instruction are justly accepted 900 and lasted six weeks. They're instructed on judo, swimming, knife use, leaping fences, utilization of fixed bayonets and various forms of fighting , including hand-to-hand combat.Their patriotic shouting is Gung Ho, a Chinese words signifying Gung=endeavour, Ho=united. After battle of Sea of coral and Midway and while the Americans are landing in Salomon and Guadalcanal ,the group is assigned a perilous mission. The bunch undergoes a dangerous underwater journey destination Pacific Ocean to annihilate a Japonese garrison on Makin . At the island his most risked assignment results to be the radio station attack, using even a road-roller.Colonel Carlson(aka Thorwald) gets winning, thanks a silly set-up about a roof painting and all resistance ended.This is a vintage warfare, propaganda film , a jingoist and flag-wager tribute to courage at WWII. Packs the ordinary crew of Marines battling the ¨Yellow Menace¨ on a main base of the Pacific, one of the most difficult and unknown campaigns of the Pacific Theater. Vigorous and action-filled final scenes with memorable shootouts, violent fights that climb all over the screen. Includes a voice in off describing the facts and striking real war footage about stock-shots regarding the sinking ships from Pearl Harbor . Spectacular musical score by Frank Skinner and dated cinematography by Milton Krasker. Special photography effects by usual John P.Fulton.The motion picture is professionally directed by Ray Enright. Indiana-born Enright directed Randolph Scott seven times between 1942-46 and vies with Budd Boetticher for the position of the best Scott helmsman. He's an expert on Westerns such as he proved in Montana, The spoilers,Will Bill Hickock, Bad men of Missouri, among others. Rating : Acceptable and passable warlike film.

Michael O'Keefe Ray Enright directs this Black & White patriotic war film that of course is definitely dated; but highly entertaining...with no apologies for propaganda. This movie without a doubt lifted spirits of wartime Americans. GUNG HO!is based on a true story of World WarII Marines on Makin Island. Some very realistic scenes even though some dialog is genuinely hokey. Talk about an All-Star cast: Randolph Scott gives up his horse and saddle for military garb in the role of Colonel Thorwald. There is a young Robert Mitchum on the brink of stardom. Others featured are: Noah Berry Jr., Rod Cameron, Alan Curtis, J. Carrol Naish, Sam Levene, David Bruce and Milburn Stone. Not much can bust up these commandos...except war.