Kelly's Heroes follows a group of World War II American soldiers as they sneaks across enemy lines to get their hands on a secret stash of Nazi treasure which is worth millions of dollars of gold.
Nearly satirical in its overall effect, plot caroms between cliche dogface antics, detailed and gratuitous violence, caper melodramatics, and outrageous anachronism.
Much fun amongst WWII w/Eastwood, Savalas, Sutherland, and Rickles.
Empire Magazine
November 19, 2013
The action is flashy and intermittent, deliberately wallowing in a mire of revisionist grot, churned up vistas of European mud. Time has made it more intuitive and caustic a film, than its daft reputation might suggest.
