brock-121-640273 The Good: dinosaurs and Japanese Zeros in air-to-air combat! The Bad: SyFy Channel 'zero budget movie-of-the-week'. The Ugly: Bad writing even for SyFy Channel, supporting cast.The concept is great for an afternoon popcorn flick, and the storyline *in general* didn't require too much suspension of disbelief (no impossible physics, or blatant violations of common-sense science that seem all-too-common in recent movies). However, steps taken to get from plot-point A to plot-point B often made no sense at all. It's as if the script were outlined by a decent writer, then fleshed-out by a 12 year-old.It's no mega-budget blockbuster, but the effects were actually very good for the budget level. *Everything* was done using cgi and green screens though, including anything with a plane in the shot. The picture is good enough, but the not-quite-right flight physics make the effects rather noticeable (look away from any landings, trust me). It works well for the creatures, not so much for airplanes. 10 minutes of stock footage of WWII planes in flight would have made this film much more enjoyable to watch.The male and female leads do a good job with what they were given, which wasn't much (some of the dialog was just painful to sit through). Some of the supporting cast, however, made me cringe whenever they had speaking parts. In their defense, they were trying to overcome a script that was even worse than the usual SyFy weekly offering.Overall, the effects were good for the budget, but not enough to make up for the poor writing or mediocre acting. A tolerable 'fix' for those who crave sci-fi, but a disappointing take on an interesting premise.

laurawilson111 A real stinker of a movie. Terrible acting, tatty hair and makeup. It was about half way through when I started hoping the monsters would eat the lot of them and do us all a favor. In this day and age when we have extraordinary special effects at hand including cgi, why turn out a movie that disappoints in every way?The actor that played the part of the colonel did a decent job with his role, in fact I would have to say that he was the only one who put any effort into it. I hated the lipstick the women wore all through the film, garish reds, they didn't look like cast aways who had just crash landed on a small island. my whole family hated this film, we won't ever watch a movie by this director again!!

Paul Andrews Warbirds is set during 1946 during the Second World War as America & Japan battle it out, female bomber plane pilot Max West (Jamie Elle Mann) & her all female crew & told to get ready to fly a B-52 across the Pacific ocean containing Colonel Jack Toller (Brian Krause), his men & a top secret cargo. While in mid-air a storm breaks & the bomber is forced to land on an island, with their plane badly damaged the stranded soldiers need to repair it & it just so happens that there is a Japanese presence on the island with all the equipment needed. However it also turns out that dozens of huge prehistoric flying monsters inhabit the island & like to eat humans. Once sworn enemies the Americans & Japanese have to work together to repair the plane get off the island before they become dinosaur food...Written, co-produced & directed by Kevin Gendreau this is yet another Sci-Fi Channel 'Creature Feature' that they seem to have an endless supply of, however I thought Warbirds was slightly better than the average Sci-Fi Channel disaster. There is a smattering of intelligence here with a good World War II period setting, nice tension between the American & Japanese soldiers & a big moral issue at the end which plays on actual historic events but unfortunately the positive is more than matched with the negative as there's zero gore, an all female flight crew who after spending days on an isolated island still have bright red lipstick & perfect hair, a nonsensical plot which the prehistoric monster multiply very rapidly with no explanation, the idea that they only attack at night & for some reason only one at a time & the fact that not that much happens. Personally I don't think Warbirds is a total no hoper but with no gore & some silly clichés I can't really describe it as anything above average. The pace is alright & there are one or two decent moments particularly in the air as the monster attack fighter planes but alas they are few & far between. If you like Sci-Fi Channel films (if such a creature exists) then you might like Warbirds but if you don't then there's nothing here to change your mind.The special effects vary, I actually thought some of the scenes set in the sky with the monsters attacking planes looked alright & better then expected for a Sci-Fi Channel film. There's absolutely zero gore, there's no blood & minimal death, disappointing. In fact some good gore scenes might have pushed Warbirds slightly above average rather than just below it. Also there's no way they could have lifted those barrels full of fuel, I have worked around those 200 odd litre barrels & when they are full they weigh a ton. Fact. The period equipment, costumes & general feel is quite good & the production values seem better than usual for a Sci-Fi Channel flick.The IMDb reckons Warbirds had a budget of about $1,500,000 which probably went on the period setting & one or two half decent CGI computer effects. Apparently shot in Louisiana. The acting is alright but not brilliant from no-one I have ever heard of.Warbirds wasn't as bad as I expected but still didn't quite make the grade for me, a total lack of blood & gore doesn't help nor does the failure to build on good ideas. Maybe worth catching on telly for free but don't spend anything on it.

Jas-91 What can anyone say about this film? No words exist for how much i hate this film. My dog could write a better film in five minutes. Some people may enjoy this and that is your own taste. But i doubt anyone would like this film. Its like the whole film just tried too hard. The actors over acted by miles. They really thought they was staring in the next massive upcoming film. And for them i feel sorry. As for the storyline... I would believe button moon is more real then that. I just have nothing nice to say about it. The only thing i am going to do now is write to the writer and ask for 2 hours of my life back or some form of payback...