Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Well, given the synopsis of this movie, then you know that chances are quite high that this is going to be one of those movies. You know what I am talking about; a low budget creature feature that lacks everything essential to even have a chance of being watchable.And "Warbirds" sort of turned out to be that kind of movie.First of all, the idea of prehistoric reptilians flying the skies in the Pacific during World War II, well it just wasn't the best of movie ideas to ever have made it to the screen. Let's just be honest. It makes for a laughable plot.Then there was the fact that for some reason the Japanese soldiers spoke English. For the sake of easy watching and listening for the audience, I get that. But when they opt to not include the original language in a movie, it just takes away so much credibility from the movie.Which leads me to the CGI. Wow, just wow. Many of the scenes that included the painfully obvious CGI animated bomber was just abysmal to bear witness to. However, it should also be said that there were actually many CGI scenes in "Warbirds" that turned out nice enough. But the ones that weren't good, were in fact so terrible that it was laughable.And the biggest problem in the entire movie had to be the Maxine West character (played by Jamie Elle Mann). Now, there was nothing wrong with Jamie Elle Mann or her performance, but the character in the movie, wow, you have got to be kidding. Not once throughout the entire course of the movie did she act like military personnel and just follow orders. No, she had to question everything and blatantly go into opposition to the order. It was so bad that it was actually a cumbersome anchor around the movie. That was really a bad idea for a movie character.Now, I mentioned that some of the CGI was actually good enough, and the movie should be praised for that part, at least. The creatures were nice enough to look at, and seemed realistic enough. Except for when they were gunned down in the sky, which they often were, there was absolutely no blood. Which I wound think there would be, given the caliber of the guns mounted on airplanes during World War II.The acting in "Warbirds" was adequate, although you shouldn't prepare yourself for anything grand.All in all, then this 2008 movie was a fairly poor excuse of a creature feature. And it is topped off with an even more laughable ending, trust me. Not overly interesting or particularly entertaining, "Warbirds" score a meager three out of ten stars rating from me.

A real stinker of a movie. Terrible acting, tatty hair and makeup. It was about half way through when I started hoping the monsters would eat the lot of them and do us all a favor. In this day and age when we have extraordinary special effects at hand including cgi, why turn out a movie that disappoints in every way?The actor that played the part of the colonel did a decent job with his role, in fact I would have to say that he was the only one who put any effort into it. I hated the lipstick the women wore all through the film, garish reds, they didn't look like cast aways who had just crash landed on a small island. my whole family hated this film, we won't ever watch a movie by this director again!!

Warbirds is set during 1946 during the Second World War as America & Japan battle it out, female bomber plane pilot Max West (Jamie Elle Mann) & her all female crew & told to get ready to fly a B-52 across the Pacific ocean containing Colonel Jack Toller (Brian Krause), his men & a top secret cargo. While in mid-air a storm breaks & the bomber is forced to land on an island, with their plane badly damaged the stranded soldiers need to repair it & it just so happens that there is a Japanese presence on the island with all the equipment needed. However it also turns out that dozens of huge prehistoric flying monsters inhabit the island & like to eat humans. Once sworn enemies the Americans & Japanese have to work together to repair the plane get off the island before they become dinosaur food...Written, co-produced & directed by Kevin Gendreau this is yet another Sci-Fi Channel 'Creature Feature' that they seem to have an endless supply of, however I thought Warbirds was slightly better than the average Sci-Fi Channel disaster. There is a smattering of intelligence here with a good World War II period setting, nice tension between the American & Japanese soldiers & a big moral issue at the end which plays on actual historic events but unfortunately the positive is more than matched with the negative as there's zero gore, an all female flight crew who after spending days on an isolated island still have bright red lipstick & perfect hair, a nonsensical plot which the prehistoric monster multiply very rapidly with no explanation, the idea that they only attack at night & for some reason only one at a time & the fact that not that much happens. Personally I don't think Warbirds is a total no hoper but with no gore & some silly clichés I can't really describe it as anything above average. The pace is alright & there are one or two decent moments particularly in the air as the monster attack fighter planes but alas they are few & far between. If you like Sci-Fi Channel films (if such a creature exists) then you might like Warbirds but if you don't then there's nothing here to change your mind.The special effects vary, I actually thought some of the scenes set in the sky with the monsters attacking planes looked alright & better then expected for a Sci-Fi Channel film. There's absolutely zero gore, there's no blood & minimal death, disappointing. In fact some good gore scenes might have pushed Warbirds slightly above average rather than just below it. Also there's no way they could have lifted those barrels full of fuel, I have worked around those 200 odd litre barrels & when they are full they weigh a ton. Fact. The period equipment, costumes & general feel is quite good & the production values seem better than usual for a Sci-Fi Channel flick.The IMDb reckons Warbirds had a budget of about $1,500,000 which probably went on the period setting & one or two half decent CGI computer effects. Apparently shot in Louisiana. The acting is alright but not brilliant from no-one I have ever heard of.Warbirds wasn't as bad as I expected but still didn't quite make the grade for me, a total lack of blood & gore doesn't help nor does the failure to build on good ideas. Maybe worth catching on telly for free but don't spend anything on it.

The plot premise and the CGI aren't all that bad. However, the plot development is atrocious. The WASP skipper can't take a single order without an argument. The "warbirds" out fly 300 MPH aircraft. They don't attack the Yanks in the Japanese camp after the first encounter -- they're scared off by the boy scout campfire? Gimme a break. They don't attack the B-29 under repair. Oops! We're fixing those two incinerated Wright R-3350-23 and 23A turbosupercharged radial engines with spare parts found laying around on a remote Japanese fighter base? Oh, and all the female flight crew just happen to be certified fighter jocks who are checked out in Japanese Zeros... yep.I can't believe that people write this kind of crap, expecting to sell it, and I really can't believe someone bought it and spent more money producing it, and I really, really can't believe Brian Krause doesn't make enough off "Charmed" residuals to run yelling and screaming far, far away after reviewing this script.I rate this a "One" simply because there is no "Zero" (pun)! You have to really wonder if the Sci Fi Channel would not be far, far better off rerunning old '50s B&W "Saturday Night at the Drive-In" features. Could somebody with a little clout make this recommendation before these guys self-immolate?