Review of Days of Glory (2006) by Natalia N — 06 Apr 2013

Days of Glory is set during World War II, where we follow an Algerian platoon, fighting along with their colonial rulers in France in order to get rid of the German imperialism, which is a double standard to what the french are doing to its population in its colonies.

Many of the African soldiers were exposed to heavy racism by the french. My opinion about Days of Glory is that it's an alright anti-war film that covers most of the racism and some of the horrors of war.

But It just felt to flat and unoriginal. It's not a really daring film. There's a lot of war cliches, and sadly too many similarities between this film and Saving Private Ryan, with the same self sacrifice and even a cemetery scene.

And why did they cast Jamel Debbouze, who's known for having a crippled right hand that he always hides in his pocket. This is a fact that are easily ignored in his other films, but in this film it's just too obviously shown.

Everybody knows that a soldier with only one hand are no good, and certainly would not been in the army. Overall, the movie works, but don't expect anything that you haven't seen before. A marginal thumbs up.