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Soldiers of the Damned (2015)
A Little Bit of Potential, Mostly Wasted
The acting overall was quite well done. The SS were too far on the kitshy bad-guy end, but they clearly showed the conflict between the regular German army and the Snatzi. Which since they told you about the conflict during the unnecessary info, they kind of had to show that.
Not much horror, a little bit of gore, and a script with too many interesting characters and not enough plot. The time spent developing the characters, just to confusingly murder them half way thru the film would have been better spent on more plot development. Where the hell are they? Who are these supposedly pre-Aryan ancestors haunting the forest? Why are they there? What the heck was the artifact the Snatzi's wanted?
Too many unanswered questions, which didn't make the movie mysterious or crytpic - just confusing. You have to answer some of the questions if you want the audience to follow the story to the end. Especially if you're going to try and make the end subtle.
Wondering why the Major just ends himself via suicide by Soviet soldier? Me to. Probably to make sure no one found out where he buried the unexplained, unseen "mysterious" artifact of the unknown, unglimpsed "mysterious" pre-Aryan ghost thingies.
He probably should have dug a deeper hole and retired to the Black Forest.