Accepted in 1943 as standard wartime propaganda, Gung Ho can be seen today as an outrageous exercise in raging machismo. Randolph Scott plays Thorwald, a marine colonel assigned to assemble a crack squadron of fearless jungle fighters for the all-important raid on Japanese-held Makim Island (which in real life was recaptured only a few weeks before the film's release). Thorwald seems determine to select the dregs of the earth for this mission: most of his squadron is comprised of misfits, barroom brawlers, borderline ...
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Accepted in 1943 as standard wartime propaganda, Gung Ho can be seen today as an outrageous exercise in raging machismo. Randolph Scott plays Thorwald, a marine colonel assigned to assemble a crack squadron of fearless jungle fighters for the all-important raid on Japanese-held Makim Island (which in real life was recaptured only a few weeks before the film's release). Thorwald seems determine to select the dregs of the earth for this mission: most of his squadron is comprised of misfits, barroom brawlers, borderline psychos and outright murderers. It is suggested that these sociopaths are the only men truly qualified for the mission at hand, and by film's end the squadron members-living and dead-are lauded as true-blue patriots. Once one gets past the questionable premise, Gung Ho is a fairly exciting WWII melodrama, with a particularly thrilling climax. The film is currently available in its original form and in a computer-colorized version. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Gung Ho! tells the story of Carlson's Raiders during World War II. The film chronicles the training of the Marines, their deployment on a submarine, and the attack on Makin Island. The movie was filmed at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego and at Camp Pendleton, California (I went to boot camp at MCRD and was stationed at Camp Pendleton so I recognized the buildings as I watched the film!). True, there are better movies about the Marines in the Pacific War but this film does a good job of portraying one aspect of the island hopping campaign in the Pacific in World War II.
bud J
Sep 5, 2013
cool movie
I love those old black and white movies,and this is a good one!well worth the money.
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