Interesting and often graphic. Many scenes have a documentary flavor and Basehart is very good as a corporal who has a chance to be a hero.

Downbeat war melodrama of a familiar kind, with more characterization than action.

Fuller's second Korean War epic is just as gritty as his first ("Steel Helmet"), and it stood in direct contrast to the sappy and/or nostalgic WWII pictures of the time. One of Fuller's best films, and that's saying a lot.

Sam Fuller's tough, unsentimental Korean War film comes across at times like a slap in the face. All Fuller films should have exclamation points in their titles.

Just ignore the stereotipes about the 'reds', it's still an interesting, low-budget war flick. Not so good as Fuller's other war movie from the same year, Steel Helmet.