The Forgotten

One of the best and well-crafted low-budget films of the past ten years. Vincente Stasolla's "The Forgotten" belongs in the same category as Darren Aronofsky's "Pi" and David Gordon Green's "George Washington"--small films with big ideas. As far as war movies go, this is a film that can hold its own with the likes of "Tigerland," and may even warrant comparison with "Paths of GLory.""The Forgotten" follows a group of American soldiers trapped behind enemy lines as they try to survive, while their new leader, Cpt. William Byrne, tries to maintain the morale of his platoon; he tries to keep own faith and sanity by remembering what's back home. Beautiful cinematography (from Learan Kahanov) helps to generate claustrophobia; the reported budget was $20,000 (plus, in what has to be the find of the decade, two free tanks), but several observers have commented that it feels like much larger-budget movie. The film won several awards at film festivals; the only reason I can think of that it didn't get more attention is the lack of big-name stars. Well worth your time, and will probably generate repeat viewings.

This movie is so BAD as to defy description...BAD acting, BAD script, and VERY BAD direction...This is NOT how the Korean War was fought. You can tell this is a very low budget picture with unknown actors...it really shows.This is the story of a soldier who leaves his wife to work the family farm and goes off to Korea. Two tanks and their crews get separated from the main body of tanks during the retreat down the peninsula. They get attacked by the enemy (you don't actually SEE them but are supposed to imagine they are there because guys get killed). One of the crew commits suicide because they are lost and he doesn't want to try to survive, another kills another member of the crew, they find an enemy alive and take him prisoner (turns out it's a woman in disguise), more enemy attacks, they run around lost some more, and at the end all are killed except the woman prisoner who after the war goes to visit the wife of the crewman who rescued her and gives her the man's diary.....what a bunch of baloney..!!!........for a real idea of Korea see the movies..."Pork Chop Hill", "Fixed Bayonets", "Men In War", and "All The Young Men".....but avoid this one at all costs..!!

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I OVER THE YEARS HAVE WATCHED A GREAT NUMBER OF WAR FILMS , SOME, HAVE TAKEN A LITTLE TIME TO GET INTO SOME KEEP YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT FROM THE TIME THAT THE CREDITS HAVE FINISHED , BUT THIS ONE IS NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL. IFOUND THIS FILM TO BE SOME WHAT SLOW FROM START TO FINNISH ITS STORY IS ALL WOUND UP IN THE FIRST TEN MINUTES . THE REST OF THE FILM SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF PASTING OVER THE CRACKS AND ONE TENDS TO FIND IT STARTING TO GET A LITTLE BORING . BUT PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT ,SOME OF YOU OUT THERE MIGHT FIND IT QUITE GOOD , I DIDN'T ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH I WAS WISHING THAT IT WOULD BE CLOSE TO THE END . IT CERTAINLY WAS FOR ME .IF LIKE ME YOU ARE A WAR FILM COLLECTOR THEN YOU SHOULD ADD THIS TO YOUR COLLECTION SO YOU TO CAN MAKE THE COMPARISON BETWEEN A GOOD FILM AND A ********* BAD ONE . I HOPE YOU FOUND THIS REVIEW HELPFUL.FROM THE OLD HIGH-FLYER .

Tries to be all esoteric like The Thin Red Line (never a good idea for a war film in the first place, although TRL pulls it off somehow) - does an awful job of it, plain and simple. One tank, a cast consisting of only a handful of 'characters' and an "unseen enemy" merely show this production for what it is - cheap.