I have to admit, some of the most interesting movies I get copies of to review are the documentaries. Strange little pieces about strange little things, like the entire career of H.P. Lovecraft. And today, I’m bringing out a documentary of the kind the History Channel would probably love–War Dogs of the Pacific.
They mean it literally, you see–War Dogs of the Pacific is all about the dogs who fought in the Pacific theater in World War II. They were trained pretty extensively, and they served a whole host of roles in the war, including guard duty, ferreting out enemy positions, sensing enemy movement, and even outright combat. See, back in the last days of World War II, the Pacific was about the only game in town left. And the Japanese had developed an especial talent for hiding and attacking from ambush, so the idea came to use dogs to track hiding places. And boy, did it ever work.
This movie is spectacularly informative, and will almost certainly tell you at least something new about World War II and about the role that dogs played in this war. It’s a downright amazing role, too–considering that people back then handed over their pet dogs to serve in the war, in some cases for good, is just plain old amazing.
Of course, getting past the sheer awesomeness of the idea, you’re left with a pretty good if somewhat short documentary–this has a runtime of about forty five minutes. But it’s a pretty sweet forty five minutes, especially if you love documentaries or war movies.
The Screenhead Ten Scale loves this movie, but it realizes its tastes are a little unique, and thus hands War Dogs of the Pacific an eight out of ten for giving us all an excellent, if esoteric, view of World War II.
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