WWII vet plays hero again in action adventure
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By Kam Williams
Every now and then, a film
turns history on its head. For
example, Abraham Lincoln:
Vampire Hunter made over
$100 million dollars at the box
office by suggesting that the
16th President of the United
States was also a legendary
stalker of the undead. And
Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious
Basterds, which had Hitler
dying in a movie theater
fire rather than by committing
suicide, made three times as
much money.
Playing fast and loose with
the truth can be pretty profitable
in other arenas as well.
Donald Trump sealed the
Republican presidential nomination
by parroting the National
Enquirer’s patently ridiculous
assertion that JFK assassin
Lee Harvey Oswald hadn’t
acted alone but with the help
of Senator Ted Cruz’s father,
Rafael.
Well, in The Man Who Killed
Hitler and Then The Bigfoot
we have a film that contradicts
conventional wisdom not once,
but twice. The picture stars
Sam Elliott as Calvin Barr, the
World War II vet who supposedly
successfully assassinated
the Fuhrer on a top secret
mission.
This picture unfolds decades
later when an aging Calvin is
coaxed out of retirement by
an FBI agent (Ron Livingston)
to track down the legendary
Bigfoot (Mark Steger) that is
rumored to be living deep in
the Canadian forest. It seems
that the mythical beast is
responsible for a deadly plague
that is threatening to decimate
the population.
Turning down an array of
007-level, state of the arts
gadgets, Calvin stoically sets
out with just a rifle, a scope
and a Bowie knife. He doesn’t
even don goggles, gas mask
and a protective suit to prevent
his prey from infecting him.
Sam Elliott plays it straight,
here, but you can’t help but
wonder whether the veteran
thespian’s embarrassed by the
fact that this campy B-flick
has been released right when
he’s been nominated for an
Oscar for the first time in his
career.
An amusing mix of fantasy
and revisionist history bordering
on cheesy that’s strictly for
the very gullible!
“The Man Who Killed
Hitler and Then The Bigfoot”
Good (2 stars)
Unrated
Running time: 98 minutes
Production Companies:
Epic Pictures Releasing /
Title Media
Distributor: RLJE
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Sam Elliott stars as Calvin Barr in “The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot.”
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