Warbirds

01May08

This review will probably suck, because I wrote it and then it got lost in cyberspace so I have to do it again.

Anyway, here we go again with the plane crash on an uncharted island. Our crew of WWII sassy female Air Force pilots are escorting a handsome Colonel, his crew, and their SUPER TOP SECRET CARGO to an unnamed location. On the way, they run into a storm and have to crash land. They’re not alone there - apparently some enemy Japanese soldiers got stuck in the same place. Luckily for Uncle Sam, there are only three of them left, the rest having been killed by flying monsters that, I guess, are supposed to be like pterodactyls. They kind of looked more like gargoyles or dragons to me.

Sassy female pilots have indestructible pincurls and red lipstick, and they’re all really, really terrible actresses. Handsome Colonel guy used to be on Charmed, he was one of those white-light guys, whatever his name was. Anyway, he’s kind of a dick at the beginning of the movie, and then he gets better. Personality-wise, he gets better. His acting skills do not improve over the course of the film.

CGI was kind of forgettable, but the dialogue was exceptional in its lameness. There was lots and lots of “roger that” and “over and out” stuff going on. Warbirds was lacking in the serious blood and guts department, but there is one scene near the end where a guy gets his armed chomped off by a pterodactyl/flying monster/gargoyle-thingy.

The important question is: was there a lot to make fun of in this movie? The answer is yes, which makes Warbirds a decent film, considering the genre. It’s no Raptor Island, though.


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  1. 1 HappyJenn on May 1, 2008 said:

    Do we find our what the Super Secret cargo is?

    Over & out,

    Jenn

  2. 2 verucasalt on May 1, 2008 said:

    If I told you, I’d have to kill you. With pterodactyls.

    Whoever doesn’t want to know the ending of the movie, get out of here NOW!!!

    It’s an A-bomb. They end up using it to blow up the island, thereby killing all of the dinosaurs.

  3. 3 monnik on May 2, 2008 said:

    Well, that’s a very convenient super secret item to have on board the plane, isn’t it?! I loves me a neat and tidy movie ending. Well, if you can call blowing up an island ‘neat and tidy’…

  4. 4 verucasalt on May 3, 2008 said:

    It also leaves a room in history for the SS Indianapolis and the Granddaddy of all Creature Features, Jaws, which i have seen 47 times now.–Maria

  5. 5 Rey on May 4, 2008 said:

    Ooo…I like the up-in-the-air dogfights, where anything is possible, so thrilling. If Rapter Island is even better, gosh, I can hardly wait to see it.

  6. 6 toolmaker on May 28, 2008 said:

    toolmaker says : I absolutely agree with this !

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