SUICIDE BATTALION is a typically nondescript American WW2 movie, shot on the cheap by AIP on sound stages representing the Philippines. The low budget production involves a script that tries to avoid having action sequences at all costs in order to save on the budget, so for a great deal of the running time the main characters are holed up in a bar for entirely spurious reasons.
I suppose the one unusual aspect of the storyline is that the heroes in this film are intent on destroying an American base. That's usually the objective for enemy troops, but don't worry, there's nothing sinister here; the base must merely be destroyed to stop it falling into the hands of a Japanese invasion force. In any case, this shoddy production is slow throughout, with unappetising action and boring character work. John Ashley plays a dashing young private and ended up heading off to the Philippines for real for two decades, making a series of slapdash exploitation and horror flicks which are all more entertaining than this film.
I suppose the one unusual aspect of the storyline is that the heroes in this film are intent on destroying an American base. That's usually the objective for enemy troops, but don't worry, there's nothing sinister here; the base must merely be destroyed to stop it falling into the hands of a Japanese invasion force. In any case, this shoddy production is slow throughout, with unappetising action and boring character work. John Ashley plays a dashing young private and ended up heading off to the Philippines for real for two decades, making a series of slapdash exploitation and horror flicks which are all more entertaining than this film.