The poster is colorful, patriotic, and it sets your expectations for a moving War movie. Unfortunately, the actual film is dull and never realizes its potential.
Murder Company refers to a secret group of US soldiers during the D-Day invasion of World War II. They’re mission is to smuggle a member of the French resistance behind enemy lines to assassinate a high-value Nazi target. This is apparently an untold story.
But the film, surely a victim to a low, low budget, spends a lot of time with the company just walking around in the forest. Wooden dialogue and line readings by mumbly star William Mosely are barely intelligible and, except for two cutaways to overhead planes (digitally inserted?), we hardly have the idea that these guys are supposed to be in the middle of a war for most of the time.
Kelsey Grammer, taking the kind of paycheck that Bruce Willis and Eric Roberts made famous (very short appearances-just enough to get their names on the poster) is at least believable as the General with perfect diction and a crisp uniform. On the occasions when it cuts to his character, the film is momentarily lifted.
A final act shootout gives us some active combat and the long-awaited climax, which was most welcome, but the film’s sluggish pace and no-name cast, as I mentioned, are just part of the deal when you have a low budget and you’re filming in the woods of Bulgaria.
Murder Company | Rated R | In Theaters July 5th