Too Late the Hero

TLTH is a solid war movie made in a time devoid of Tom Cruises, Di Crapios and other mattodamonic Bennaffleckians. Caine and Robertson look like men, not wimpy little effeminate preppies which we're served and rammed down our throats en... Full review

This movie is a personal one for me. I was a high school student at George Dewey H.S., Subic Bay, Philippines from 1968-70. My buddies and I were extras in the movie when it was made out there. We would... Full review

What do you know about psychological warfare? Not much I guess.Well, this is a war movie with a major twist. It's much less about shelling the enemy or just drill some holes in him, but more about "really" to outsmart... Full review

TOO LATE THE HERO is a top notch war film about a british unit plus one american who must destroy a japanese communications station on a island. The mission for all purposes is impossible. TOO LATE THE HERO is long... Full review

I liked this the first time I saw it (on TV) and enjoy it whenever it is shown. Caine's character in particular is very entertaining with his cynical comments and the British rank and file soldiers are a refreshing range... Full review

Too Late the Hero is a cynical war adventure with a set of rather unsavoury, antagonistic characters caught in an unforgiving, hot environment where they risk being embushed at any time by Japanese soldiers. It manages to stay interesting for... Full review

Film Makers in Hollywood weren`t allowed to make anti-vietnam war films in the late 60`s , early 70`s so they decided to make allegories instead. Famous examples are MASH and SOLDIER BLUE. What strikes me is that no one ever... Full review

ASSOCIATED BRITISH COMPANY comes this well told tale of a WW 2 SOE/OSS commando mission to destroy a japanese communications base. The film also stars KEN TAKAKURA as a non sadisitic japanese commander which is a change of pace from... Full review

"Too Late the Hero" is an excellent WWII piece whose plot served as the basis for "Aliens" and "Southern Comfort" and is just as good as those other excellent movies: reluctant hero Cliff Robertson joins a motley group of soldiers... Full review

Coming off his big hit with "The Dirty Dozen," Robert Aldrich wrote, produced and directed this WW2 drama about a group of misfits that undertakle a suicide mission. Sound familiar? But what worked for the DD doesn't work here at all.... Full review

TAMPA, Fla. -- Every now and then in this business, opportunity sneaks up on you, and you are lucky enough to be enthralled by Maury Wills, talking about chasing Ty Cobb's stolen-base record. ... Full Article

It's a cholesterol-free action-packed war drama and not a tale about an unsanitary egg carton. Robert Aldrich ("Vera Cruz"/Too Late the Hero"/"Ulzana's Raid") helms this commercially motivated populist WW II drama, that has gone onto undeserved legendary status and is... ... Full Article