Not all war films are reliable. Historians to smithereens can "bomb" the plot of the picture, pointing out blatant oversights and mistakes. Often, the story itself raises a bunch of questions, bewilderment arises on the face and thoughts appear: "Why am I watching this at all?" Here's a list of the worst war movies of 2019 with a very low rating. It is unlikely that these works will want to revise again, when the first viewing "came in" with great difficulty.
Greyhound Attack
- Genre: Action, Drama, Military
- Rating: IMDb - 1.2
- The slogan of the film is "In the skies, the war will be won."
The events of the picture unfold in the last days of the Second World War. Captain Ernest Krause leads the international convoy. The protagonist is aboard a fighter jet as his group crosses the treacherous North Atlantic, unaware that there are many Nazi planes behind them. They surround the military and doom them to death. To get out of the deadly trap, the command will have to show unthinkable ingenuity and fortitude, and ordinary soldiers - fearlessness and courage. Is there a chance to win in an unequal confrontation?
Militia
- Genre: military
- Rating: IMDb - 3.1
- For director Alexei Kozlov, "Opolchenochka" is the first full-length work.
In the center of the story are three women - civilians from Donbass, who got caught up in the military events of 2014. Anna Lobanova is a history teacher, whose school in Lugansk was bombed, and her beloved daughter was deceived by her husband to Kharkov. Katya Belova is an aspiring director from St. Petersburg, who came to Novorossiya in search of her deceased brother-volunteer, and who found her love here - the Cossack chieftain Yegor. The day before the wedding, the guy dies from a car explosion, and the girl decides to join the militia. Sveta is an ordinary street racer eager for new adventures. Right in front of her eyes, her fiancé is being killed for finding the St. George's ribbon, and she herself ends up in the basement of torture ...
Dauntless: The Battle of Midway
- Genre: military
- Rating: IMDb - 3.1
- The slogan of the film is “When the battle is over, the struggle for survival begins”.
Six months have passed since Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States Navy learns of the secret plan of its gateway to attack the American base in Midway Atoll. Let the great battle begin!
The Filthy Thirteen
- Genre:
- Rating: IMDb - 3.2
- Actor Mark Homer starred in the TV series The Silent Witness.
1944 year. The group of American soldiers, best known as the Devil's Dozen, is an increasingly problematic issue for the command. The military refuses to follow orders, the soldiers rarely wash and are often AWOL. Once the notorious rebels have the opportunity to atone for their sins. The military was sent behind the German front line during the invasion of Normandy. The main goal of the unlucky group of soldiers is to move across enemy lands, as well as to destroy supply channels and, of course, the enemies themselves.
To Paris
- Genre: history, adventure
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 4.6, IMDb - 3.9
- The film's budget was 180 million rubles.
An amazing story of Soviet soldiers who went through the war shoulder to shoulder and decided to celebrate the Great Victory in Paris. Friends who have withstood a terrible military path are heading for a new life - love, exciting adventures and the city of dreams. Three comrades in arms set off on a journey across liberated Europe, not afraid of surprises on the way, and not thinking about the consequences. Will the main characters be able to celebrate the event with a bang?
Thank the granfather for the victory
- Genre: Comedy, Family
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.0, IMDb - 4.8
- The worldwide gross was $ 103,820.
Sandrik is a ten-year-old boy who has lived in the city all his life and hardly even remembers his Abkhaz roots. The young hero has never been to his father's homeland, who had long quarreled with his old people. Financial difficulties and threats of bandits make Sandrik's dad forget about family problems and lay low in his native village. The boy and his father come to visit their grandfather in the village. There he is met by not very friendly local guys and a girl, with whom he immediately falls in love. The hero listens to the tales of his veteran grandfather, who has seen a lot in the war - for example, Hitler himself, who was left without a mustache after that meeting. Inspired by heroic stories, Sandrik also learns bravery and courage.
Legiony
- Genre: military, drama, romance, history
- Rating: IMDb - 5.3
- The slogan of the film is “It's worth loving. It's worth dreaming about. It's worth fighting. "
The plot of the picture tells about a young man named Jozek. At the beginning of the First World War, the guy was in the ranks of the tsarist army. Not wanting to expose himself to bullets and shed blood for the fatherland, Yosek cowardly deserted and soon joined the legions that promised him safety and shelter. After some time, he developed sympathy for a young and charming girl. But how to build warm relations in the midst of military events? Jozek will have to go through many difficulties in order to survive in such a difficult time.
Battle of Fenudong (Bongodong jeontu)
- Genre: Military, History, Action, Drama
- Rating: IMDb - 5.3
- The tape's worldwide gross was $ 34,763,142.
The film is set in 1920, in Manchuria. This place becomes the epicenter of the battle between two warring countries, which still cannot sort out their relations with each other. To win the victory, the Korean guerrilla units join forces. They are ready to engage in a bloody battle, fighting the soldiers of the Japanese emperors. The battle will not be easy, because the Japanese have not surrendered their positions for two days without stopping. They have powerful weapons in their arsenal that help them pull the blanket over to their side. Koreans can only boast about rifles and knives. It doesn't matter with what weapon you go into the last battle, it is important that a fire burns in your soul and hope does not die.
Save Leningrad
- Genre: Drama, Military
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.3, IMDb - 6.7
- For actress Maria Melnikova, this was the first full-length film.
September 1941. The action of the tape takes place during the evacuation of residents from the blockade of Leningrad. After much persuasion from his father, Kostya sits on Barge 752 with his beloved girlfriend Nastya. However, instead of the long-awaited rescue of all passengers, an inevitable catastrophe awaits, which will claim the lives of more than 1000 people. The vessel cannot withstand the crossings and is rapidly sinking to the bottom. But the worst of all is that instead of rescuers, enemy planes appear at the scene of the tragedy.
Indestructible
- Genre: military, history, drama
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.5, IMDb - 5.2
- Legendary tanks were specially recreated for the film: German Panthers and Soviet T-34, KV-1.
Indestructible (2019) - one of the worst war films; this movie will definitely not want to be watched a second time. 1942 year. Semyon Konovalov, a strict and disciplined tanker, loses his soldiers, who were blown up before his eyes. Despite the great tragedy, the man is entrusted with a new crew, which includes motley fighters. There are four people in the group. Suddenly, they are joined by someone who should not be among them - the female technologist Pavel.
When the hour of unequal and bloody battle comes, internal conflicts and love relationships recede into the background. Konovalov's crew found themselves all alone on the battlefield near the Nizhnemityakin farm. Despite the unequal forces, the tankman, together with the group, managed to destroy 16 enemy tanks, 2 armored vehicles and 8 vehicles. But losses among comrades cannot be avoided either ...
Day D (D-Day)
- Genre: Action, Military, History
- Rating: IMDb - 5.6
- Director Nick Lyon directed the film "Isle of the Dead".
Some might call it suicide, but for the 2nd Battalion Rangers, it's a mission. The leadership ordered a detachment of American soldiers to destroy several German machine guns, but not everything is so simple. It seemed that the bosses had set a clear task for their subordinates, but in reality the soldiers are walking blindly. Being in the minority, with a small amount of ammunition, the heroes only move forward, risking their lives and not knowing where the enemy might be hiding.
Saber dance
- Genre: Drama, History, Biography
- Rating: IMDb - 5.8
- The slogan of the film is “The story of the creation of a great masterpiece”.
Cold and chilly autumn of 1942, the second year of the war is coming. The Leningrad Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after Kirov was evacuated to the city of Perm. The film tells the story of the creation of one of the most performed and iconic pieces of music of the 20th century. In the midst of terrible military events and a difficult conflict with the choreographer, Aram Khachaturian is working on the ballet "Gayane" and will write his most performed work in eight hours.
Tobol
- Genre: history, drama
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.8, IMDb - 5.9
- The film is based on the novel Tobol. Many are called ”by Russian writer and screenwriter Alexei Ivanov.
Emperor Peter I gives the order to the young guardsman Ivan Demarin to go to Tobolsk. Upon arrival, the main character falls in love with the daughter of a famous cartographer, historian and architect Remezov named Masha. In the story, Demarin, along with the regiment, finds himself in a fortress, which is constantly being attacked by nomads. Here, the young guy is dragged into a dangerous game by local governors and princes hunting for someone else's gold. In general, Ivan has a whole set of adventures. Now, the main thing is to settle all the problems and return home alive.
Rzhev
- Genre: War, Drama, History
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.8
- All the roles in the film were played by men.
The film is set in 1942, not far from the village of Ovsyannikovo. The operation near Rzhev took away more than half of the Soviet soldiers who participated in the battle, while the rest have to survive at any cost. Every day there are fewer and fewer soldiers, and in the meantime, an order comes from the headquarters - to hold the village until the last soldier falls. Zealously fighting off the enemy, many times superior in number, Soviet soldiers selflessly hold the defense. When a soldier from a special department arrives in Ovsyannikovo, the situation escalates even more, because his goal is to find and kill a traitor among his own.
Battle of Chansari (Jangsari: ithyeojin yeongungdeul)
- Genre: Military, History, Drama, Action
- Rating: IMDb - 5.8
- From the original, the picture is translated as "Chansari: Forgotten Heroes".
September 1950. General Douglas MacArthur is preparing a dangerous plan for the Incheon landing operation and decides to conduct several sabotage landings behind enemy lines. Changsari, located in Gyeongsangbuk-do province, becomes one of these places. 772 volunteers are sent here - young boys, still students, who have just completed a two-week drill and have not even received personal numbers. Heroes will sacrifice their own lives to win the war. One day, a military journalist Marguerite Higgins will find out about this egregious case.
Donbass. Outskirts
- Genre: Drama, War, Thriller
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.9, IMDb - 3.0
- All the street scenes of the painting were filmed either before sunset or at dawn.
Donetsk, August 2014. The plot of the tape tells about a young soldier of the Ukrainian army, Andrei Sokolov, who went to the very epicenter of hostilities as a driver. Fleeing from shelling, the man ends up in the basement of a residential building, where he meets a very motley group of people. Among them are local resident Tatyana, naive young volunteer girl Natasha, zealous nationalist Oksana and an adult man in a decent suit who is looking for a conscript son. They have different fates and worldviews, but now they are united by one goal - to survive.
Brotherhood
- Genre: Drama, Action, History, War
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.6, IMDb - 5.6
- In the film, the general drives a Volga 3102 car, which has been produced since 1998, that is, 10 years after the narration.
Brotherhood (2019) is one of the worst war films on the list with the lowest ratings. The plot of the picture tells about the events that took place in 1988, when the Afghan military campaign was coming to an end. On the way home, the motorized rifle division will have to overcome the plain, which is under the control of a brutal gang of mujahideen. Naturally, the spooks do not want to let the soldiers go home, as a result of which the conflict flares up. The key role will be played by Lieutenant Vasily Zheleznyakov, nicknamed the Greek. To avoid death, he remains held hostage by the bandits. For any mistake and wrong movement, the hero risks paying with his own life ...