The Naked and the Dead (1958)

Literally one of the worst war movies I’ve ever seen. It’s full of flat, uninteresting, and unlikable characters, a meaningless plot, and mediocre direction. The producers throw in some “That wasn’t in the book” good looking strippers, but it still drags on for an interminable 131 minutes. Clift Robertson and Aldo Ray aren’t bad but they can’t breathe life into their superficial characters. Based on the uneven, overrated and overheated Norman Mailer novel, it keeps most of the novel’s weaknesses and none of its strengths. Boring, boring, and boring! Zero Stars