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The 10 Worst World War II Movies, Ranked
No other real-life event featured more in cinema than World War II. It's one of the most iconic conflicts in human history and continues to be shown heavily in movies throughout the years. For decades, cinemagoers have become fascinated by films centering around this war. Some of the great movies in history revolve around this period, and it's mostly stellar stories.
Unfortunately, the following entries below are WWII films that no one could consider the best. These are some of the worst war movies, period. Whether critical and commercial duds or historically inaccurate flops, these movies don't honor the events they portray and can get quite frustrating to watch. From Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor to Xiao Feng's Air Strike, here are the ten worst movies depicting World War II.
10 'Pearl Harbor' (2000)
Michael Bay
At first, entering a film around the infamous attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor seems like it would make for a compelling idea, as it was already once in 1970 with Tora! Tora! Tora! In the hands of a more subtle director with respect to history, they would turn this story truly into one of the greats. But instead, the disastrous 2001 blockbusterPearl Harbor got director Michael Bay.
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Phony accents, revisionist history mar 'Mandolin'
CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN —** — Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, John Hurt, Christian Bale, David Morrissey, Irene Papas, Piero Maggio, Viki Maragaki, Joanna-Daria Adraktas; rated R (violence, gore, nudity, profanity, brief sex); see the "On the Screen" on Page W2 for complete listings of local theaters.
If you overlook the revisionist version of history it presents, the hilariously inept attempts to portray realistic accents and a lack of romantic chemistry between the two leads, "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" isn't a bad little movie.
But it's not really a good one either. This superficial World War II-era romance (based on Louis de Bernieres' best-selling novel) is a textbook example of how a seemingly "can't-miss" prospect can go horribly awry, even with a first-rate cast and crew.
The only thing that saves the film from being a complete disaster is director John Madden (1999's Oscar-winning "Shakespeare in Love"), who is determined to play it out with as much cheeky humor as possible.
(Even that was something of a squabble. The studios allegedly were very involved with the production and were displeased with Madden's work, even forcing him to reshoot
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