This wickedly funny satire takes no prisoners as it mixes actual World War II-era footage with new material to create a “training film” explaining to dunce-headed grunts why “intelligence” is so, you know, important. Viewers will meet Major Nick Reed (Patrick Muldoon), who wishes he could manufacture the evidence needed to invade Germany on a flimsy pretext. And Lieutenant Monica Tasty (Elizabeth Bennett), who wonders why all those crazy foreigners hate American innovations like popcorn (and notes that at least the Nazis pay lip service to the Geneva Convention). And Ronald Reagan and William Holden (in archival clips, of course). Presented in glorious black-and-white in what you might call widescreen Snark-o-Vision, writer-director Dale Kutzera's Military Intelligence and You! offers a hilarious yet bitter smackdown of American hypocrisy, arrogance, and perceived exceptionality within the context of the battle for civilization that was WWII. Part of the “Give Them Liberty... Educational Series,” this is a spoof with a purpose, not merely aiming to teach us about “distinguishing dangerous enemies from merely annoying foreigners” but also to remind us that there is nothing more uniquely American than knowing that America is always in the right (even when it isn't). Highly recommended. (M. Johanson)
Military Intelligence and You!
Echo Bridge, 78 min., not rated, DVD: $14.99 Volume 23, Issue 4
Military Intelligence and You!
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