WFG RATING: B

Vision Films presents a Bullet Time Productions film. Directed by Wesley Mellott. Produced by Russell Sage Patrick and Gus Zucco. Written by Darrin Archer. Cinematography by Adam Hribar and Wesley Mellott. Edited by Darrin Archer and Wesley Mellott. 

Stars Costas Mandylor, Suzy Alden, Eric Supensky, Richard Lyntton, Darrin Archer, Marcus Lawrence, Allison Kessler, Christopher Huff, Gus Zucco, Amanda Shafer, and Cabrina Collesides,

The race is on to rescue a spy from the Third Reich in this WWII action adventure. 

In the North Atlantic during World War II, Katherine LaRue, a young woman, is a spy who has been given top secret information for the Allied Forces against the Nazi regime. Hired to help the forces, she joins Admiral Roberts and his crew on a ship when they are attacked. When a Resistance force led by Gina discover about the kidnapping, they form an alliance with a small Allied Forces team led by Major Murphy. 

Meanwhile, Katharine finds herself under threat from Commandant Schtein. At first offering her accommodations suited for her needs, it is clear it is an attempt to get the information needed for the Allied Forces. When LaRue’s contact from Britain is caught as well and imprisoned, she decides to do what she can to escape. Meanwhile, the Allied Forces and Resistance prepare for the rescue to retrieve the dossier, no matter the cost.

World War films are popping up like crazy as of late. While there have been films on the bigger battles and of course, the battle between the Allied Forces and the Nazis, there have been films that bring us to the smaller battles of the war, some fictionalized and some based on actual fact. This would make a pretty good companion with the recently released Murder Company as both involve a daring rescue and the war between the Allied Forces and the Third Reich once again but told from different perspectives. 

Where Murder Company revolves around the rescue of a French Resistance marksman hired to take out a Nazi commandant, this film revolves around the rescue of a female French spy who has classified and impertinent information that could be vital for the Allied Forces. The film opens a week prior to the film’s opening scene where we see British intelligence officer Tagg, played by Costas Mandylor, giving LaRue, played by a terrific Suzy Alden, the information she must bring to the Allied Forces.

There is some comic relief when it comes to two characters as they tend to rib each other quite well. They are the characters of Capt. Travis, played by screenwriter Darrin Archer, and Sgt. Major Lackley, played by Marcus Lawrence. There’s also a small subplot involving the relationship between Resistance member Gina, played by Allison Kessler, and the reluctant Captain Rand, played by Christopher Huff. They obviously have feelings for each other, but are afraid to tell the others. 

WWII: Operation Phoenix is not a bad WWII film and is actually pretty engaging with its characters and plot. This one is for those who love these types of films with complex characters. 

The film is now available on Demand.