Memorable, crazy movie

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

"Desert Commandos" is the story of a group of five German commandos who are air-dropped into North Africa during WW2 in a desperate attempt to assassinate the Allied Supreme Commanders at a conference in Morocco.I enjoyed this movie. It does drag in some parts, especially in the desert marching scenes, but it is nearly eclipsed by its on-location locales. Oases (plural of oasis), camel chases and various ancient fortifications that the Germans encounter along the way are simply gorgeous and definitely lend the film an air of authenticity. The ladies they encounter are easy on the eyes as well. Great action sequences including a rooftop chase in Casablanca, the aforementioned camel chase scene and a final...well, don't want to get reported for spoilers, but the action sequences are well staged and exciting.The ending seemed very tacked on, almost as if there was a more "downbeat" ending that was replaced for some reason. Regardless, I like the ending as it stands, but it was very abrupt and not in the style of the rest of the film. Regardless, this was a good attempt to introduce audiences to the feelings of the "other side" in WW2. BTW Horst Frank (who plays Wolf) looks almost exactly like Christoph Waltz. Really uncanny! This film is definitely worth a watch.

Sometimes tense Euro-war movie in a similar vein to "The Guns of Navarone" has brawny Ken Clark (familiar from the Peplum genre) leading four of the Nazi's finest into North Africa where they attempt an audacious plan to assassinate not one, but three Allied Forces leaders, namely Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt present in Casablanca for a summit. As it turns out, they'll have to settle for De Gaulle substituting for Stalin, nevertheless their epic hunt behind enemy lines is an expansive mission leading them to the brink, encountering cross and double cross around every corner.Solid cast includes Horst Frank as an American-born Nazi commando, whose commitment to the Feuhrer wanes in the face of the desperate mission and 'immoral' sacrifices taken to improve its chance of success, future Italian leading man Howard Ross in a small role, and pleasantly, gender balance achieved with beauties Jeanne Valeri playing an Arab guide, and Fabienne Dali as a turncoat who may or may not be in cahoots with the Allies.Italian horror master Umberto Lenzi is better known for his Cannibal capers, but demonstrates a universal talent in bringing together this B-Italian action film with moderate suspense, light humour and at least some semblance of depth in characterisations despite the clichés. Probably not for the average GI Joe, but if you're comfortable with Euro style then you should enjoy this mission to Morocco.

Being in the mood a while ago of attempting to try and get hold of some rare films by director Umberto Lenzi at super-cheap prices,I decided to one day do a search on ebay,where I instantly met head on dozens of people selling the same titles from Lenzi's catalogue.Feeling slightly disappointed that I had not been able to find a good "Lenzi bargain",I was surprised when on the second to last page I found a film of his being sold for $2,which I had never hear of before!.Along with the film being sold for such a low price,I was also thrilled to discover that the film was from a genre that I had not seen Lenzi do before,which led to me getting prepared in going to war with Umberto Lenzi for the very first time. The plot:With the hope of winning the second World War starting to fade away,Hitler is thrilled to learn that a secret meeting has been set up to take place in a few days time at Casablanca,where three of the worlds most powerful leaders are going to meet up in the hope of reaching a decision over how they can finally defeat the Nazi's.Feeling the this might be his one and only chance to destroy the residence for ever,Hitler orders for a small group of his very best Nazi's to be assembled so that they can carry out a mission to kill all three world leaders in one go.With being given only limited info of their mission,the group of five Nazi's are parachuted into North Africa so that they can make their way to Casablanca incognito.Since none of them have ever experienced the conditions of the desert before,each of them seriously starts to struggle in handling this new location,as some of the soldiers brains almost start to melt.Luckally for the group,they by chance meet a woman who kindly offers to be their guide and show them the way to Casablanca.Although the soldiers main leader (Capt. Fritz Scholler)is completely trusting on the woman's offer,some of the other soldiers begin to suspect that she may be helping them to get to their destination so that they are never seen again. View on the film:Since having been amazed by Lenzi's whip-pans and brilliant scatter shot directing in the past, my first expectations were that I was about to see a War film filled with lightning fast,energetic action.Surprisingly,whilst writer/director Lenzi does show some of that style for this fantasy War time thriller yarn, with a terrific long scene ,that involves an enemy aeroplane looking down on the group of Nazi's riding on camels and a scene where the brains of the Nazi's also begin to suffer as they attempt to get a grip on the intense heat being the two strongest,most eye-catching moments in the film.For the rest of the movie Umberto disappointingly goes for a much more leisurely pace,that despite the fun,clean cut performance of lead actor Ken Clark and the wonderful performance by Jeanne Valerie ends up making the film feel very muddled and mundane,as the middle section of the film feels far longer than it is due to the thriller part of the plot having almost disappeared,and the rest of the story just plodding along,until almost near the end where Lenzi gives the film a nice little twist. Final view on the film:A very easy to watch War Thriller,that is disappointingly mundane and only able to show Lenzi's stylish directing in the films first half.

Five German commandos are parachuted into the Sahara desert, and must make their way to Casablanca, where Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin are holding a top-secret meeting. Then, they must kill them! This film is quite bizarre; but it contains alot of action-packed scenes and some good suspense. Worth a good viewing.