[DVD Review R2] Nazi Dawn
Usually when I receive a film to review I’ll look it up on IMDB. There are various reasons for this, like finding out the director, cast, trailers etc. Sometimes, though, I can’t locate them. And this was the case with Nazi Dawn, a horror film I’d just been sent that starred Lance Henriksen.
I thought this was pretty odd, and it concerned me a little that the actor, and the director Rebel Wan as well, seemed to not want anyone to know about it . Just how bad could the film actually be?
Plot
A World War II which has been deployed into the Persian Gulf by the US Government as a location for Black Ops interegations. Suddenly, as they are interegating Fahdawi, a notorious terrorist, the ship enters radio silence which is never resumed.
Fearing the worst, an elite Marine task force, led by Col. John Willets (Lance Henrikson), is sent in to find out what has happened.
But Willets has another reason for leading the mission, as his son Colin is stationed on the ship & he is afraid for his safety.
When the Marines arrive they discover scenes of destruction & death, but is it really the work of Fahdawi or is there something else going on & its not long before the team of Seals, along with the two paranormal investigators sent along by their superior officers, realise that there is something malignant & evil on the boat that is attacking them one by one.
Review
Before I start, let me say that I did indeed find Nazi Dawn on the IMDB against Lance Henrikson’s details, but it’s called Black Ops, or Dead Water, on there.
So now that’s out the way, lets get down to the film.
The budget was obviously quite small for this film, so Rebel Wan did the sensible thing & made the scenes inside the boat very dark, (sometimes a little too dark, to be honest) but this does add to the sense of terror that the Seals are meant to be experiencing while they’re exploring the boat.
That’s not to say that this is the most original horror film out there – in fact, it would be wrong of me to suggest that it was original in pretty much any way at all, but that doesn’t mean it’s actually a bad film.
Lance Henrikson proves that, even at the age of 68 he is more than capable of playing a hard as nails marine (and pretty convincingly at that) & it’s his presence that actually makes this film a lot more enjoyable than it really has any right to be.
The rest of the cast, which includes the brother of Tom Hanks, Jim, are pretty much forgetable and are only there to be slaughtered one by one – and they don’t disappoint!
After all, haunted boat films (or haunted house films, which this basically is) are a dime a dozen, but Nazi Dawn doesn’t try & escape it’s humble origins but instead embraces them & the cliches that come with them, which makes seems, in some way, to make up for it’s short comings.
The only thing that stops me from giving this a really high mark (as it is a very enjoyable B-movie, perfect for a bit of Friday night fun) was the ending. For that, & that alone, pretty much totally ruined the film for me, which was a real shame.
Trust me, if you watch it, the ending will either have you swearing or sulking. But, up until that point, this is an enjoyable, if forgetable, bit of ghostly horror.
One Response to “[DVD Review R2] Nazi Dawn”
This was easily the worst film I have ever seen in my life!!!! Just all crap!!
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