Rocket Hunter (2020)

Rocket Hunter: Directed by Christopher Forbes. With Brad Owens, Scotty Sparks, William Wylie, Ronald Blanton. In one of the most dangerous missions of the war, an American B-17 pilot volunteers to fly a surrendered Messerschmidt 109 on a daring flight through the heart of Germany to try to prevent the people of London from being terrorized by the V-2 rockets. “Rocket Hunter” tells the story of an amazing pilot and his bombardier brother from the time they are teenagers dreaming of taking to the skies to the dark days of January 1945.

“This has to be the worst u0026#39;movieu0026#39; that Iu0026#39;ve ever seen, and if thatu0026#39;s what the people who made this u0026#39;movieu0026#39; were hoping to achieve, then they have succeeded beyond all expectations.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhere do I begin? From start to finish, the acting was less than the village amateur dramatic society would have reached on a bad day. The u0026#39;effectsu0026#39; were cringe worthy at best. The script was appalling. I could go on, but Iu0026#39;ve lost the will.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLetu0026#39;s look at a major aspect of the u0026#39;storyu0026#39; line: the aircraft. All aircraft in this u0026#39;movieu0026#39; are radio-controlled models. No attempt was made to disguise this in any way whatsoever.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe u0026#39;Germanu0026#39; train/locomotive is nothing less than an obviously American steam loco, and still shows itu0026#39;s American 481 insignia. Later in the movie, a childu0026#39;s toy train set is used to show the train crashing an exploding.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAmazingly, for WW2, the u0026#39;Germanu0026#39; locomotive engineer/driver is able to make instant radio contact with an American Bomber aircraft, asking him not to bomb the train.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDuring a discussion, a German SS officer describes distance in Kilou0026#39;s instead of Kilometres. So he actually describing weight instead of distance. Stupidly written dialogue. The same can be said of a German officer using the phrase, u0026quot;Turn-on-a-dimeu0026quot;, which no German would have ever used.nAll aircraft cockpit views are just a few badly riveted metal frames, and are no better than a cardboard box.nA British pub/bar is nothing more than a few planks of wood, nailed together, as are some of the German Rocket Factory offices.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDuring an u0026#39;Air Raidu0026quot;, German guards can be seen rushing out and randomly shooting at absolutely nothing.nIn a London home, thereu0026#39;s a telephone on the side that doesnu0026#39;t ring, but the u0026#39;Britishu0026#39; guy picks up the phone anyway and answers it with u0026quot;Hellou0026quot;u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe list could go on and on, but the bottom line is, this is one terrible movie, and probably doesnu0026#39;t even rate worthy of a Rotten Tomato Award.”