The Plot.
Seven weeks after Pearl Harbor, volunteers form the new 2nd Marine Raider Battalion whose purpose is to raid Japanese-held islands.
The men selected come from different walks of life but have toughness in common.
Under command of Colonel 'Thorwald', they're trained in all imaginable forms of combat.
Then, after a perilous submarine journey, they face a daunting first mission: to annihilate the much larger Japanese garrison on Makin Island, in a lengthy battle sequence.
I didn't think I was gonna like this movie. And yes, it is dated.
But it's very engaging and hard to stop watching. It's directed at a brisk pace. Some people call this racist. It's not. They call the enemy Japs. That the entire racism in this movie.
Seven weeks after Pearl Harbor, volunteers form the new 2nd Marine Raider Battalion whose purpose is to raid Japanese-held islands.
The men selected come from different walks of life but have toughness in common.
Under command of Colonel 'Thorwald', they're trained in all imaginable forms of combat.
Then, after a perilous submarine journey, they face a daunting first mission: to annihilate the much larger Japanese garrison on Makin Island, in a lengthy battle sequence.
I didn't think I was gonna like this movie. And yes, it is dated.
But it's very engaging and hard to stop watching. It's directed at a brisk pace. Some people call this racist. It's not. They call the enemy Japs. That the entire racism in this movie.