'During the last major German offensive of World War II, a company of American soldiers is lost behind enemy lines during the Battle of the Bulge and they make a horrific discovery - Hitler has a super bomb in development.

The plot, meanwhile, focuses on evil Nazi science and the only company of soldiers - nay, heroes - who can Get The Job Done. Also, if it can maintain the level of dramatic action movie leaping featured in this trailer throughout the whole film, well, it'll certainly be. Unsurprisingly, Company of Heroes: The Movie of the Game of the War looks preposterously overblown and cliched. For instance, when I say 'making the leap,' I mean that literally. But obviously, making the leap to a new medium required Company of Heroes to take some liberties. Then again, this one's direct-to-DVD, so I guess that solves that. And yeah, much as I think my most brilliant tactical masterpieces - for instance, a nuanced little number I like to call TANKS EVERYWHERE - are worth their own movie adaptations, the game's brand of top-down contemplaction doesn't exactly make for the best big screen material. I mean, don't get me wrong: Company of Heroes is a work of absolute RTS brilliance, but it's not exactly a household name. Once, I thought there was at least some cold, profit-maximizing business precision that guided whatever awfulness-seeking missile explodes games into not-great movies, but now I'm not even sure of that anymore.

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