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- A mid-budget film that squanders its financial and technical resources in a cinematography that is lacking in all aspects. The performances of the lead actors are rather mediocre and hardly believable. The film's plot itself is implausible; in fact, the Katiusha missile launcher has never been a top-secret weapon suitable for a sabotage operation.
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Jul 7, 2020 · Secret Weapon: Directed by Konstantin Statskiy. With Maxim Animateka, Evgeniy Antropov, Nadezhda Antzipovich, Svyatoslav Astramovich. It's the Second World War. The Red Army had to retreat in a hurry and left their top secret weapon, "Katyusha", behind.
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- 2020-07-07
Secret Weapon 2019 1h 37m War History Drama List Reviews Russian soldiers must retrieve a secret Soviet rocket launcher before it falls into the hands of the Nazis during World War II.
- War, History, Drama
Review by Jonmichael ★★. “In the continuing revolution, there is no place for ethics; there is no place for choice.”. For me, this feels like the culmination of Cronenberg’s experimental steps before stepping forward into what will turn out to be an illustrious career.
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- Emergent Films Ltd., CBC
- David Cronenberg
- Off we go into the mild blue yonder...
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By Steve Butts
Updated: Dec 13, 2018 5:57 am
Posted: Nov 19, 2003 2:05 am
In 1991 Larry Holland released a great flight sim for the PC. Titled Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe, it offered a nice change of pace for those of us used to the less speculative titles like Red Baron or Chuck Yeager's Air Combat. Instead, Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe presented us with a chance to try out lots of experimental planes that never saw any (or much) service during the Second World War. Though Larry's team was better known for their subsequent work on the TIE Fighter and X-Wing franchises, in the back of our minds we'd always hoped that they'd someday return to the skies above Europe for more classic dogfight action.
And though that's largely what we're getting with the sequel Secret Weapons Over Normandy, a few changes have been thrown in to the mix, not all of them for the better. First and foremost, Secret Weapons attempts to bridge the gap between historical accuracy and arcade sensibility. Part of this can be explained by the downward spiral of the profitability of sim genre over the last few years. LucasArts can realize much higher returns on their investment development with the PS2 and Xbox versions and it's apparent that that's the target for this game.
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The failure of flight sims has become something of a joke in our industry. As gaming has gone more mainstream, there's less patience on the part of gamers to wade through a 200-page manual just to find out how to feather their props. Even putting a plane on the front of your box can dissuade many gamers who might appreciate the more action-oriented approach found therein. Crimson Skies for the PC is a great example. And while Totally Games has done a pretty good job of preserving some sense of realism in what is basically a fantasy flying game, I think the concessions have been weighted more on the side of convenience than realism. I can appreciate it as a fun action game but it holds little of the weight you'd expect from a World War II dogfight game. The lack of a compelling narrative enhances this pick-up-and-play mentality and detracts from my own involvement in what's going on.
Secret Weapons Over Normandy makes a much bigger splash on the PS2 than it does on the PC and Xbox. Admittedly there haven't been many action dogfighters on the PC lately, but the system does have a considerable backlog of titles that offer better experiences than the one we have here. Likewise, the recent release of Crimson Skies for the Xbox, similarly hampers Secret Weapons' success on that platform.
- Steve Butts
Secret Weapons is a perfect example to illustrate that. In 1985 the Red Scare still was very real in the Western World. The Soviet Empire seemed to be an intact hostile machinery, its potential of committing evil actions boundless.
A scratch team of Russian soldiers are sent behind German lines to capture or destroy a secret weapon code named 'Katyusha' which turns out to be lamely some launching rails on the back of a truck. In the end most of the soldiers get killed.
May 9, 2019 · A special unit formed of ex-athletes is sent to rescue the secret weapon that the Germans can never find — no matter what it takes…. Based on a true story, the film tells about the famous Soviet rocket launcher nicknamed “Katyusha”, which was kept in great secrecy during World War 2.
