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In the grand tradition of the great 1960s television series COMBAT, this program features real characters as opposed to video game stereotypes and illustrates the courage and ingenuity of a small group of regular G.I. Joes as they infiltrate German positions on the western front to disrupt and stifle the Nazi war effort during a period that was a turning point in the European theater of operations. Secretly authorized by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, these brave young men, led by a charismatic and troubled officer, had a license to kill bad guys well before 007. This series, to its credit, displays the humanity of these young warriors as well as their courageous commitment to a dirty job that needed doing.

I understand this is a low budget production, and it shows. Almost everything about it make it seem like an amateur production. The script is repetitive and poorly written ("Remember what Grado's friend said he saw Dakks do in Charlie company?" YES, thank you, WE DO) and lacks subtlety and originality. The evil nazi crushes a walnut with his bare hand, that's how evil he is.

The characters are cardboard figures without chemistry and they are placed within a story seemingly made up by an AI fed with WW2 movie scripts, and going nowhere. There are some soap opera style conflicts and backstories, some drama, some attempts at humour, even a weak romantic plot line, but most of all a lot of shooting and explosions to keep the guys interested, because nothing else is.

The acting is half bad, the CGI is terrible, and it's CGI everywhere. Even simple indoor scenes is filmed in front of a green screen. Everything is draped in overly dramatic war film music to cover up the show's visual shortcomings, but it only makes everything worse.

The director is inspired by old shows like Rat Patrol and Combat which he watched as a child. So the show isn't really about WW2. It's about shows about WW2, making it a pastiche, but a terrible one due to all of the above. Watch a quality WW2 pastiche instead, like Inglorious Basterds. Or a quality WW2 drama production, like Saving Private Ryan or Band of Brothers. He**, even M.A.S.H. has more realism and heart than this show.

On the bright side: The costumes was good.

Just more grist for the mill. Completely forgettable, nothing unique, memorable, nor notable here. All of the characters are archetypes and the actors sound like they're doing a cold read sitting at a table. The writing is equally weak, with plot hole big enough to drive a truck through.

In the age of binge watching, I offer this: don't invest enough time time into this that you feel you need to see it through. You will be terribly disappointed.

Absolutely rubbish. Acting, story lines and the special effects are terrible.