DVD Review: Inglorious Bastards 2: Hell Heroes: Chuck Connors, Miles O’Keeffe, Fred Williamson, Stelvio Massi: Movies & TV
DVD Review: Inglorious Bastards 2: Hell Heroes: Chuck Connors, Miles O’Keeffe, Fred Williamson, Stelvio Massi: Movies & TV
Stay away from this hellish DVD!,
By Dominic Cristinzio (Philadelphia, PA) -
I seen this DVD available a week early at my local FYE for $[...] and I was eager to pick it up since I am a fan of the original cult hit The Inglorious Bastards and am looking forward to Quentin Tarintino’s upcoming remake. I admit to being suspicious of this product at first, because it looked like a cheap DVD and I figured it might just be a cheap cash in on the upcoming remake, but seeing as it came packed with 3 other war films for a decent price I took the plunge…and now I regret it.
The DVD is a doubled sided disc with Apocalypse Mercenaries and Warbus 2 on Side A and IB2: Hell Heroes and Bridge To Hell on Side B. The 2 films on side A feature irremovable Asian subtitles and have pretty lousy audio and video. The Side B films have no subtitles but are equally as bad in the A/V department. Inglorious Bastards 2 seems to really be a late 80’s Vietnam War film titled Hell’s Heroes and has no connection to the first film other than Fred ‘The Hammer’ Williamson appearing in both movies. The aspect ratio on Hell’s Heroes is very odd…there is a thin black bar at the top of the screen and then a small box of the film on top of a massive black bar that fills up the rest of the screen. Even if you mess around with your TV menu to fit the image to fill the screen, it is still a horrible transfer.
I’m not sure how rare any of these films are, but I was never aware of a ’sequel’ to Inglorious Bastards and this looks like the only way to get it on DVD. I rarely write reviews on Amazon, but I felt compelled to warn others about this poorly done DVD before they consider purchasing this. For those looking forward to the new Inglorious Basterds, I suggest checking out the original from 1978 which is a far superior DVD than this ca$h in and is now also available on Blu-Ray.
Edit: I have to admit I didn’t bother watching any of the films in their entirety due to the horrible transfers, so I can’t really comment on the merits of the films themselves other than they all appear to be B grade war films. I love B movies and Exploitation cinema (especially from the 80’s) but I can’t stand Dollar Store quality DVD’s.
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