Inchon (1982)
Laurence Olivier played Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Inchon. The film was supposed to show the Battle of Inchon, considered to be a pivotal point of the Korean War. With its $30 million budget, people had high hopes that it would be a great movie. Sadly, it ended up falling flat. You can blame all of these things to the bad acting, bad producing, and the use of cut-outs instead of extras. If you want to see how bad it was, you should know that folks have referred to it as a worse iteration of The Green Berets.
Inchon (1982)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Even though it was a “good-intentioned” film, The Last Samurai did not make the cut either. It follows an American regiment captain trying to Westernize samurai forces in 19th century Japan. The dialogue and costumes are quite accurate, but the plotline is a little lacking. Tom Cruise taught the Japanese warriors to shoot muskets in one scene, but this caught the attention of critics. However, the soldiers should have known how to use rifles by that point in time. Aside from this, the filmmakers showed the Japanese samurais as noblemen interested in “the greater good.” The truth was that they were more similar to the mafia.
The Last Samurai (2003)
