Battle of Blood Island (B&W)

Starring:Richard Devon, Ron Kennedy, Roger Corman
Director: Joel Rapp
Studio: Alpha Video
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

who forgot the war scenes
You call THAT a battle????
pretty bad.......

Battle of Blood Island
Starring: Richard Devon , Ron Kennedy , and Roger Corman
Director: Joel Rapp
Manufacturer: St Clair Vision
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B0001GH7F4
Release Date: 2004-02-17

Customer Reviews:

who forgot the war scenes.......2006-06-03

this is really the pits as far as a war movie goes,no battles to speak of and very little else to keep you involved with is waste of time!!!

You call THAT a battle????.......2004-01-02

The previous reviewer was spot on regarding the merits of the movie as such. It is a kind of poor man's "Heaven Knows Mr. Alison" substituting the sick nun with a badly wounded fellow G.I. What little action there is is pretty woeful. Here's the part that wasn't mentioned before: The Alpha DVD is not the worst quality I've seen, but it certainly isn't what dvd is all about. The picture is a bit murky and it could have been a heck of a lot sharper. Otherwise, it is quite watchable, but expect second rate VHS quality. Again, you get what you pay for....this time, maybe a little less. The great cover art and title has precious little to do with the film.

pretty bad..............2003-08-20

If you are a big war film addict, as I am, and feel that you need to see every war film ever made, as I do, then you should probably see Battle of Blood Island. But anyone else dont bother, I could recommend 50-100 better war movies. It is not completely without merit. The story isn't terrible..... but the director failed to make even the slightest effort at making the battle scenes look anything but ridiculous. Would blanks for the rifles have pushed the film so far over budget that they would not have been worth while? Instead the shooters of the rifles (the Japanese, mostly) merely point the rifle and jerk their body to make the appearance that it was fired, but it is very obviously not fired at all. I have seen most of the war films out there and I've never seen this "technique" before. Most people would consider this film a joke, but if you are interested in the genre, and the history of the WWII film genre itself, you might find this vaguely interesting. Its cheap and its short, so you wouldn't be investing much.......but be aware, you get what you pay for.

Average customer rating:

who forgot the war scenes
You call THAT a battle????
pretty bad.......

Battle of Blood Island (B&W)
Starring: Richard Devon , Ron Kennedy , and Roger Corman
Director: Joel Rapp
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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World War II | Military & War | Genres | DVD | Video

DVDs Under $7.49 | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video

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( B ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video

4-for-3 All DVDs | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video
Similar Items:

The Steel Claw
Men in War
Ski Troop Attack
Corregidor
From Hell to Victory

ASIN: B00007G1TH
Release Date: 2002-11-19

Customer Reviews:

who forgot the war scenes.......2006-06-03

this is really the pits as far as a war movie goes,no battles to speak of and very little else to keep you involved with is waste of time!!!

You call THAT a battle????.......2004-01-02

pretty bad..............2003-08-20

Bringing Back the Boys: Ski Troop Attack/Battle of Blood Island/The Big Lift

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Bringing Back the Boys: Ski Troop Attack/Battle of Blood Island/The Big Lift
Starring: Bringing Back the Boys
Manufacturer: Vintage Home Ent.
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00062IDR4
Release Date: 2004-10-19

Description

Classic World War II movies...

BATTLE OF BLOOD ISLAND - Two G.I.'s are trapped on a Japanese held island after their battalion is slaughtered and must work together to get off the island before a scheduled atomic bomb test.

THE BIG LIFT - A semi-documentary about the Berlin Airlift, following Pilot Danny McCullough and Sgt. Hank Kowalski.

Description

War is hell -- especially if you're a G.I. suffering from Shell Shock! Bonked on the head during the Battle of Bronson Canyon, Johnny Wade is ready to crack. But that doesn't stop rotten Sgt. Rance from sending Wade out to capture a German ammo dump which results in Johnny having a complete mental breakdown: "Sure a psycho, ain't he?" Though everyone realizes Johnny needs medical help -- especially since he's throwing himself around his tent like it was a padded cell -- Rance thinks it would be more amusing if crazy Johnny was running loose in German territory. Sure enough, Rance helps Johnny "escape," and wacky Wade is soon racing around Italy with no idea of what planet he's on!. Directed with brisk efficiency by exploitation vet John Patrick Hayes (Grave of the Vampire), here's a fun little low-budget war epic in which the Hollywood Hills pass for 1943 Italy! Plus: All that's left after the Battle of Blood Island are gloating Japanese and a beach littered with dead G.I.'s. But two of the "dead" aren't: Moe is just playing possum while Ken is alive but seriously wounded. Essentially strangers, the two must learn to work together, elude the enemy, and somehow survive -- despite an unwelcome explosion of some old-fashioned American bigotry.... Shot in Cuba back-to-back with Last Woman on Earth and Creature from the Haunted Sea, pay attention to the G.I. barking orders at the end and you'll spot executive producer Roger Corman, no doubt playing a part to stretch a buck!

Customer Reviews:

Weak Films, Great Shorts.......2004-05-08

Both of the main features are weak and the 4 stars is solely due to the fascinating bonus shorts.

Shell Shock has an interesting set up, but it just fizzles out. It held my attention, but at the end I was left feeling like I could have spent my time better. Overall, it was like a weak episode of Combat.

Battle of Blood Island, on the other hand, was an utter chore to sit through. Early on in the film, all the Japanese troops commit suicide, so the two surviving US soldiers are left on the titular island alone to spend the whole film alternating between bickering with each other, then apologizing to each other for said bickering. There is no battle (just the aftermath). There is no blood. And it wasn't filmed on an island. It could just have easily been a terrible drama about a couple of guys stranded in a desert, or in a mountain after a plane crash, or (fill in with any scenario in which two people could be stranded in the middle of nowhere). Only recommended for those who feel the need to see a young Roger Corman say two or three lines in order to save money.

The only real reason to get this DVD is for the amazing shorts. "Information Please" is a film produced by the US Air Force during WWII to teach soldiers about the methods Germans might use to trick prisoners into providing information. It is largely done through a film-within-a-film (a fake German film about how to conduct interrogations).

"Our Job in Japan" is a jaw-dropping War Department film made just after Japan's WWII surrender in order to explain to soldiers, often by using stock footage taken completely out of context, why the US must continue to occupy Japan. The film is as outrageously racist as any film the Nazis made. For example, it tries to degrade the Japanese by explicitly arguing they are a bunch of irrational pagans, and goes out of its way to insult Shintoism. Also, the War Department argues that Japan has no culture (they don't say why, but I guess it's because the Japanese didn't eat hot dogs or play baseball.) One concession the War Department makes: the Japanese do have brains like other humans, and therefore could be taught by US occupiers how to use them (the US War Department's words, not mine). Overall, this documentary, like Mein Kampf, is a horrific artifact that is simultaneously historically and sociologically important (as a study of racism), although its contents have zero validity.

And, lastly, in "We've Got Another Bond to Buy", a famous crooner/child-abuser tries to appeal to the patriot in all of us by arguing that there is profit to be made in them there War Bonds. You can sing along by following the bouncing ball.

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