Review: 'Basterds' is quite glorious

Courtesy CNN.com - Entertainment  Fri, 08/21/2009 - 05:44

In this outrageous revisionist revenge fantasy, not only do the Jews resist Hitler -- in the form of a crack U.S. guerrilla unit operating behind enemy lines and outside official jurisdiction -- but they terrorize the German army with the bloodcurdling ferocity of their reprisals.


 

More related items

EW Picks: 'Mad Men' and 'Basterds'
In Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" (out Friday) -- a simultaneous tribute to and deconstruction of war movies and '40s noir -- a special unit of Jewish-American soldiers is sent...

'The 100 Greatest Threats in Movie History' Leaves Us...
Trying to pick the best threat in movie history is a seemingly impossible task. From the original 'Cape Fear' to 'Scarface' to 'Inglorious Basterds,' they have been a part of our movie...

Waltz wins best supporting actor
Christoph Waltz won the first Oscar at the 82nd annual Academy Awards, a best supporting actor award for "Inglourious Basterds."

Hard Contact (Star Wars: Republic Commando, Book 1)
As the Clone Wars rage, victory or defeat lies in the hands of elite squads that take on the toughest assignments in the galaxy–stone-cold soldiers who go where no one else would, to do...

Medal of Honor Airborne
In Medal Of Honor: Airborne, you'll step into the boots of Boyd Travers, Private First Class of the 82nd Airborne Division. Engage in battles throughout Europe, from rocky beginnings in...


 

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
fun-entertainment.marc8.com