

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
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.