As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war.
Practical Effects
Actual Filipino locations, no green-screen nonsense
Writing
Splits focus between POW camp hell and raid planning
Director
John Dahl
Benjamin Bratt
Lt. Colonel Mucci
James Franco
Captain Prince
Connie Nielsen
Margaret Utinsky
Logan Marshall-Green
Lt. Paul Colvin
Joseph Fiennes
Major Gibson
Marton Csokas
Captain Redding
Robert Mammone
Captain Fisher
Max Martini
1st Sgt. Sid "Top" Wojo
Mark Consuelos
Cpl. Guttierez
Cesar Montano
Guerilla Leader Juan Pajota
James Carpinello
Cpl. Aliteri
Clayne Crawford
PFC Aldridge
Motoki Kobayashi
Major Nagai
Gotaro Tsunashima
Yamada
Craig McLachlan
2nd Lt. Riley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Cabanatuan raid had zero Ranger casualties—so of course Hollywood added fictional deaths for drama.
This was the most accurate WWII film made until 1998's Saving Private Ryan, yet it bombed harder than the actual raid succeeded.
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