Director Enzo G. Castellari refuses to let a relatively low budget interfere with his fun, as he and his five scripters make a film that’s packed almost wall to wall with action.

[VIDEO ESSAY] Call it a "Spaghetti War" movie. Every veneer of reality is thrown out the window. This is the kind of fantasy war concept that Ben Stiller and Justin Theroux drew upon to write their hilarious war spoof "Tropic Thunder."

A boisterous air of irreverence makes Inglorious Bastards fascinating in its own right.

A Peckinpah-ish variation on The Dirty Dozen, not terribly original but with well-executed World War II battle scenes, nudity and plenty of coarse talk.