This film is really a mess but that's what I also usually like about David Prior films.
We follow the character of Hollander who fought against the nazis during the second world war. During a battle at the end of the war most of his buddies gets either killed or disappears, when he think he's done for he survives thanks to a mysterious man who kills off the nazis.
After this we flash forward to 1991 in Nicaragua where there's some kind of civil war between military soldiers and evil mercenaries of some sort. Hollander is pretty high up in the ranks but when he sees his old pals again along with the mysterious man he also notices that his old buddies have barely aged at all, of course there's no surprise by this point that they have become some sort of vampires and the mysterious man is responsible. Now Hollander has to fight not only against the evil mercenaries but also against his former military buddies now turned vampires.
Now as usual I'll leave it at that since I don't want to spoil the entire movie for you.
Like I mentioned in the begginning of this review this film is very much a mess and by that I mean that the storyline is very muddled and has too many types of storylines attached to it. It's a real shame because if this film had a bigger budget, better actors and more entertaining action sequences this could of been a really cool and entertaining flick. It's also unfortunate that very many scenes feels flat and stale, I can't really explain how but if you've seen the film you might know what I mean. However I must also mention the positives aspects of the film. First I'd like to mention the music/score which I thought was very atmospheric and great, I liked the locations as well even though I have a feeling it might be shot at the very same place as Prior's previous film Deadly Prey. I also appreciated that Prior this time focused on the secnond world war and a civil war than the usual vietnam war which at this point in his career was overdone by a long shot.
At the end of the day can I recommend The Lost Platoon? Yes...BUT ONLY if you are a big fan of David Prior and know what type of films he usualy directs (meaning mostly low budget action flicks).
My rating: 6 out of 10.
We follow the character of Hollander who fought against the nazis during the second world war. During a battle at the end of the war most of his buddies gets either killed or disappears, when he think he's done for he survives thanks to a mysterious man who kills off the nazis.
After this we flash forward to 1991 in Nicaragua where there's some kind of civil war between military soldiers and evil mercenaries of some sort. Hollander is pretty high up in the ranks but when he sees his old pals again along with the mysterious man he also notices that his old buddies have barely aged at all, of course there's no surprise by this point that they have become some sort of vampires and the mysterious man is responsible. Now Hollander has to fight not only against the evil mercenaries but also against his former military buddies now turned vampires.
Now as usual I'll leave it at that since I don't want to spoil the entire movie for you.
Like I mentioned in the begginning of this review this film is very much a mess and by that I mean that the storyline is very muddled and has too many types of storylines attached to it. It's a real shame because if this film had a bigger budget, better actors and more entertaining action sequences this could of been a really cool and entertaining flick. It's also unfortunate that very many scenes feels flat and stale, I can't really explain how but if you've seen the film you might know what I mean. However I must also mention the positives aspects of the film. First I'd like to mention the music/score which I thought was very atmospheric and great, I liked the locations as well even though I have a feeling it might be shot at the very same place as Prior's previous film Deadly Prey. I also appreciated that Prior this time focused on the secnond world war and a civil war than the usual vietnam war which at this point in his career was overdone by a long shot.
At the end of the day can I recommend The Lost Platoon? Yes...BUT ONLY if you are a big fan of David Prior and know what type of films he usualy directs (meaning mostly low budget action flicks).
My rating: 6 out of 10.