"Uncivil Warriors" is an American black-and-white sound film from 1935, so this one is already over 80 years old. Maybe the names of director Del Lord or writer Felix Adler tell you already what this is, but if not then a look at the cast list certainly should. These 20 minutes are one of the first 10 Three Stooges short films and even if this may look like a political comedy taking place during the Civil War, it really isn't. It's all about the slapstick and also not an anti-Nazi propaganda movie as they did several in the years to come. The Stooges are spies from the North trying to collect information in the South and if you know them, you will also know that nothing goes according to plan really. As this is an early Stooges work, it still has trademark Stooge Curly on board. The outcome of how much you will enjoy this little film, probably one of their more, but not most, known short film efforts will have to do a lot with how much you like the trio in general and their run-ins with soldiers, cake and each other of course in particular. I am not a great fan of their slapstick routine and find it pretty much the same in all their works regardless of the plot. Thumbs down. Not recommended.
Review of Uncivil Warriors
