Review of Saints and Soldiers: The Void (2014) by Tristan M — 18 Jul 2015

In a sense similar to the second film of the franchise, but with a new focus, the tanks. Tanks are a hard thing to film well, as is shown in this movie, and it's hard to get the vehicles and shots you need to make the film look good.

This movie somewhat lacks that. It has the tanks, but not the shots, and generally seems cheap and low budget, which it is. The acting is pretty poor, and is the dialogue and script, and the cinematography is 'basic'.

The race thing is ok, but it seems like it's too much at times. I don't know for sure but I have doubts about there being a black regiment that drove the Hellcat operationally in WWII, or any tank for that matter.

The effects are poor, notably the gun flashes, sounds, or bullet impacts, which takes away a lot from the action. With the small scale of the movie and budget it's to be expected, but still is disappointing.

The German soldier killing his own commander to save the British guy was something I really didn't like, and so was the shooting the Panzer with the panzerfaust. I would have preferred a tank vs tank ending, and even if they did use the panzerfaust why did they use it from underground? As long as the charge hit any armour on the Panzer WITHOUT hitting the side skirts first would have penetrated it, so hitting from the bottom was pointless.

Anyways overall the movie was a lot like the second in terms of feel, not really better although they gave it a good effort. Paying tribute to the blacks that didn't get recognized in the war is a good idea, but doesn't really work all that great here.