Saints and Soldiers: The Void
| Saints and Soldiers: The Void | |
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| Directed by | Ryan Little |
| Written by | Ryan Little |
| Story by | Ryan Little |
| Starring | K. Danor Gerald Adam Gregory Matt Meese Ben Urie Stacey Harkey Bart Johnson |
| Music by | James Schafer |
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Release date
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August 15, 2014 |
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Running time
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1 hr. and 34 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English German |
Saints and Soldiers: The Void is the third installment in the Saints and Soldiers franchise, following Saints and Soldiers and Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed. In some countries the film is called Saints and Soldiers: Battle of the Tanks.
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) and Private Perry (Alex Boye). Owens is not respected by some of the white soldiers because he is an African-American, and rumors have spread that he had once assaulted a white officer with an axe.
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, who is religious. Corporal Carey Simms (Adam Gregory) stops the arguments.
Goss, who is riding in Owens' truck, has disturbing flashbacks of a brutal German commander who killed his comrades and captured Goss. Goss then is offered to ride up front with Owens, and he is sympathetic over his unfair treatment because of his race. 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' truck, and he and Goss manage to escape. The two run into the Angel and the other tank, and Simms and Barlow continue to criticize Owens.
Atwood and Goss travel back to the trucks, where they spot the German tank. Simms discovers they are too far away from base to contact them, so Atwood and Whitaker decide to destroy the tank themselves. Atwood lets Owens ride up front with Mitchell, while he takes the gunner position and Barlow is in charge of the ammunition. They create a diversion by letting the Germans see them while Whitaker takes his tank and fires at it. He manages to immobilize it, but the two Allied tanks are ambushed by two other hidden German tanks. The Germans destroy Whitaker's tank, who escapes seriously injured, while the rest of his squad has been killed. Atwood is shot and killed by pursuing German troops, while the rest escape.
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