The idea for HELL IN THE PACIFIC is amazing. The amount of things that a talented writer (or group of writers) could have happen here gives me butterflies in my stomach just to think about! In this age of remakes HELL IN THE PACIFIC is one that needs to be remade for sure. Shit, you could have an entire series of these films. I love the idea of two enemy WWII soldiers, but how about a Predator vs. an Alien? No spoken words just two epic hunters hunting the fuck out of each other! Vampire vs. werewolf. John Wick vs. Barry Berkman. The wookalar from THE PRIVATE EYES vs. the Humungus from THE ROAD WARRIOR? Billy Bob Thornton from "Fargo" (s1) vs. John Lithgow from "Dexter" (s4). The serial killer zombie dude from SILENT RAGE vs. Leatherface? Jason vs. Michael? Colonel James Braddock vs. Green Beret John Rambo? John J. Rambo vs. the Wolverines? Austin Powers vs. Ace Ventura? A Krite vs. Stripe the gremlin? Predator vs. Dog the Bounty Hunter? One-thousand George Romero zombies vs. 10 Brian Keene "The Rising"-style zombies? The Terminator vs. John Wick? Pumpkinhead vs. Rawhead Rex? Hannibal Lecter vs. Pee-Wee Herman? Magnum P.I. vs. the Creature from the Black Lagoon? This could go on forever!!
Anyway, back to HELL IN THE PACIFIC. Awesome start, slowing middle and horrible ending. There's an alternative ending on the DVD and it's just as horrible! Overall, worth watching barely since it's an interesting idea and it looks like both leads gave it their all. Too bad the writers couldn't come up with enough interesting stuff to fill the entire running time...or who knows maybe this was an anti-war movie? It was made in 1968. Ehh, either way it's still not as exciting as I had hoped.
