This is How Movies Should Be Made

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Recap: A thousand years ago, some pagans summoned Vorthorn, lord of the gargoyles, and unleashed his terror on the world. They managed to defeat him, but now a secret Nazi commando has awoken him again. Now it is up to some American flyers and British airborne rangers, trapped behind enemy lines to defeat him once again.Comments: The only thing that saves this movie is the realization that it must have been a low budget production designed to fill time on a the Sci-Fi Channel. Because otherwise, this was seriously bad. The idea behind the story is ridiculous, evil Nazis summoning flying demons that are even more evil. Which naturally leads to that the American Bomber flyers happen to find themselves in the middle of it.Unfortunately they don't have any good CGI to support the story, or distract the audience with some spectacular scenes. The monsters are very plastic, moving stiffly and just looking awkward. What is worse is that now and again the actors interaction with these CGI monsters are completely out of sync. Sometimes they face the completely wrong way, when a two meter monster stands behind them screaming.Some few known faces surprisingly appeared. It was a long time ago Joe Penny and John Ashton where in the big titles. And it shows why. But it was nice, maybe the best part of the entire movie, to remember their prime days.Otherwise, Stay clear.3/10

I guess I'm voting a bit high, but the average seems way too low, so I'm balancing it out. Anyway, this movie had more going for it than other World War II movies on the Sci-Fi Channel. It seemed entertaining to the end, unlike some.The premise involves bombers based in England; the focus begins on an Allied air base that conducts various types of missions. P-51s are around to protect the bombers, but their support's unpredictable. The first bomb run doesn't see them till it's almost too late.Allies working together's another thing this flick's got going for it. You've got French, British, and Americans, so it's probably more like the actual situation in Europe, at least with the atmosphere. The SS are as bad as ever.Graphics seem better in this flick than others made for the Sci-Fi Channel too. Moreover, this applies to special effects overall. Therefore, the movie has better acting and special effects than others I've seen on the cable network, and the plot's good too.

This movie has an amateurish script with similar acting from most of the characters, both of which are enhanced by lousy directing. Only a lousy director would allow such crap to make it to the screen. For example, the protagonists (I refuse to use the word "hero") win a fire-fight against a group of Germans, killing them on sight, however, when the German leader shoots the respect US leader and holds a gun at a distance on the dying leader, they don't shoot him immediately, they wait until the German can call them a bunch of "flyboys". Elsewhere, three US soldiers recon a building, one of them doesn't have gun, so he picks up a rock, and the three have a noisy discussion about it.The movie is riddled with horrible attempts to rally the audience. The special affects of the gargoyles are pretty good, but that is attributable to modern CG. Oddly, the young gargoyles are made of "flesh" (how?), but still explode with shot with any kind of ammo.The story is riddled with stupid stories, the AF gunner that wants to be a pilot, the a-hole that becomes a leader and, most "impressively", can identify top-secret document within 1 second of seeing it.Even for a bad movie, this is really bad. 88 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

Wow, can this dude be any cuter???? Upon viewing, it is obvious that he is quite talented; however, blessedly, he is also "gifted." There are a lot of actors out there--a LOT--and to rise above the rest enough to be noticed at all is quite an accomplishment. H has worked in television, theatre, and film, and is destined (I believe) for an admirable career. He started with "Charmed" (in my book, anyway, because I had not seen his previous work), and was impressive even before that in "Latter Days".... my gosh, the guy is so OUT THERE! However, despite (or, in addition to) his obvious talents (which, admittedly, many actors possess), THIS ACTOR is quite diversified. If you watch his acting, you will see how "into-it" he gets... he is exceedingly believable. From "The Guiding Light" to "Dark Honeymoon," not even taking into account this performance in "Reign of the Gargoyles," this guy has shown his acting prowess. Fellows like him have to fight against their looks, and I think he still has to do that, but he is definitely on his way.My husband, a military man, was understandably hesitant to give "Gargoyles" a shot, but was pretty impressed with the final result and admittedly humbled by the experience. Give this movie a shot if you are a WW2 fan, a Wes fan, or even a symbiotic-drive dramatist. He delivers.I wish him luck and good fortune.