Saturday I watched the movie Saints and Soldiers. It was mainly about the Malmendy Massacre during the Battle of the Bulge where U.S. troops and a British pilot have to go through enemy territory to reach the allied lines.The main characters are Deacon, a Mormon, and Gould a friend of Deacons and doesn't believe in that Mormon book Deacon carries in the war. During this time there are German soldiers in white snow suits to blend in with the snow you would see throughout the entire movie.
It starts out with the U.S. troops captured and the Germans search the U.S. troops. One German finds a book in Deacons jacket with a picture of his wife. He was nice enough to give it back to Deacon and then one of the troops started to run and of course the Germans fired and killed him. All the other troops started running and got the Germans guns and had a little shootout. Deacon had the barrel pointed at the German that returned his book with the picture of his wife and didn't shoot him when Gould said, "shoot him!" He never did though.
While crossing through enemy territory Deacon and Gould came across German soldiers. One was taking a leak and saw blood and footprints in the snow and called the other Germans. After this there was another shootout! Later Deacon and Gould stole a Nazi jeep and put Nazi clothes on with the injured british pilot in the back. Driving the jeep they had to go through a Nazi camp and they got by barely with the Nazis shooting at them. Other American troops spotted them and wondered why Germans were shooting at each other when really they found out they were on their side. The other troops then gave them cover fire.
At the end of the movie Deacon dies and Gould takes the Mormon book that Deacon always talked to him about. He took the book because Deacon wanted him to have it, but left the picture of Deacons wife in Deacons hands.
Personal Thoughts: I thought it was an excellent movie! The best World War 2 movie I have seen. I loved it and I give it a 5 out of 5 star rating. It was better than Saving Private Ryan and that was a tough one to beat! It had a lot of action because there was constantly something going on.
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