Carl's father is the local sheriff, and when he's killed in the line of duty, his son takes his place it isn't long before Carl learns Mary-Louise has been having an affair with Beaux, and he uses his new authority to put Pemon behind bars on false change as a way of punishing his big brother. As it happens, Carl has reason to suspect Mary-Louise - she still stops by the Dupuis home occasionally to bring snacks for Pemon, and is sometimes tempted into infidelity by Beaux. Beaux used to love Mary-Louise (Tamara Braun), a dark-eyed beauty, but she's recently married local ne'er do well Carl Lebauve (Jeremy Davidson), who has a mean streak and a jealous nature. Beaux is a handsome and responsible man who supports his family by running a bait shop and looks after Pemon, who is mentally handicapped. Beaux Dupuis (Jonathan Schaech) lives on a houseboat with his brother Pemon (Fred Koehler) in the swamps of Cajun country. If it stayed semi-realistic, this could have been good.Two brothers are victimized by a weak and jealous man in this drama shot on location in Louisiana. The best war scene happens quite early with the soldiers faking dead on the dry river bed. The film is using a lot of slow-motion action. I would compare this to Pearl Harbor without the romance. It's a political slant to sell to the Chinese public. Otherwise, the Americans are mostly arrogant, fat, and throwing up his breakfast. There is one heroic competent war leader. Something similar happens to the American characters with one exception. It's like a WWII mass bombing raid except it's utter chaos. It's insane how many planes are in the sky on their bombing run. There is more chance of them flying into each other than bombing the right targets. Somebody gets CGI happy and puts in a sky full of American fighter planes. There is a definite deliberate slant to its views but it's not overtly wrong. The Americans would call it, the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir. They would confront the Americans at Lake Changjin. Chinese leader Mao decides to answer the provocation and sends in the PLA. The politically ambitious warmongering American military leader Douglas MacArthur insists on bombing Chinese border locations to cut off supplies and retreat for the North Koreans. American forces have landed at Incheon and driving north towards the Chinese border.
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