As a fan of World War II war films and as an Italian, I couldn't miss this comedic movie starring two sacred icons of Italian comedy and the great Buster Keaton. The film, with a low budget and B-movie status, manages to bring a good smile by ridiculing both sides of the conflict, leaving a pleasant taste. Obviously, it's not a masterpiece, and no one involved in the production intended it to be. Still, it has moments of pure hilarity and typical comic gags of comedy movies. The details are, of course, not meticulously attended to, with many errors in costumes and historical settings. However, these aspects cannot be considered as such in a film of this kind. Everything should be seen as mere props to set the stage for the narrative. One of the moments that caught my interest is when the actor Ciccio Ingrassia impersonates the figure of Hitler, a clear reference to the famous interpretation by the great Chaplin, only this time in a Sicilian-Italian version. Please don't look for anti-war motivations in these types of films, even though it may seem that way due to the ridicule of everything the war represents. Here, we simply have a work of pure entertainment.
Review of War Italian Style
