Introduction
Saints and Soldiers: The Void is a 2014 war drama film directed and written by Ryan Little.
The film stars K. Danor Gerald, Adam Gregory, and Matt Meese.
The most expensive of the Saints and Soldiers films due to its use of tanks, it was filmed in Alpine, Utah.
The film received mixed reviews with some critics calling it a “riveting drama” and some critics stating that more focus on writing and execution would have improved the film.
In some countries the film is called Saints and Soldiers: Battle of the Tanks.
It is the third instalment in the Saints and Soldiers franchise, following Saints and Soldiers and Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed.
Outline
In May 1945, remnants of the German Army continue fight on in the Harz mountains, nicknamed “The Void” by American troops.
An American M18 Hellcat tank destroyer, “The Avenging Angel”, fires on a German prison and liberates the Allied prisoners held there, including Lieutenant Goss (Ben Urie).
The next day the prisoners are to be transported to the rear by Sergeant Jesse Owens (K. Danor Gerald) {NOTE the real Jesse Owens did not serve in the military in WW2 } and Private Perry (Alex Boye). Owens is not respected by some of the white soldiers because he is an African-American.
Captain Briton McConkie orders Sergeant John Atwood, commander of the Angel, and Max Whitaker, to take their respective tanks to clear the roads of any Germans to protect Owens’ and Perry’s convoy.
The two tanks travel along the roads, with some tension arising between Private Daniel Barlow (Matt Meese) and Rodney Mitchell. Corporal Carey Simms (Adam Gregory) stops the arguments.
The convoy comes across a fake body in the road, and then a hidden German Panzer III tank fires, destroying Perry’s truck, killing everyone inside. The Germans open fire at Owens’s truck, and he and Goss manage to escape. Further tank vs. tank encounters ensue, ending when Owens destroys a German tank with an anti-tank missile.
Barlow and Mitchell reconcile from their previous arguments, and Simms and Owens befriend one another over the course of the conflict.
Saints and Soldiers Films
- Saints and Soldiers (2003).
- Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed (2012).
- Saints and Soldiers: The Void (2014).
Production & Filming Details
- Director: Ryan Little.
- Writer: Ryan Little.
- Music: James Schafer.
- Release Date: 15 August 2014 (US).
- Running Time: 94 minutes.
- Country: US.
- Language: English.
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