Short version: A happy go lucky military comedy. This is a great movie and I recommend watching it if you haven't seen it already! This movie is about an eccentric sergeant in the US Army and his wacky platoon in the motor pool. I'm rating it an A because you just don't find movies like this anymore, especially when it comes to movies about the military!
Long version: Ernie G. Bilko, played by Steve Martin, is a wacky Master Sergeant in the US Army motor pool at Fort Baxter. He is quite a different character than any other in the military. During the day he leads an interesting life with poker, roulette, and other types of gambling and games. When the colonel comes around they act as if there is nothing out of the ordinary taking place.
Bilko's nemesis, Lieutenant Thorn now a Major(Played by the late Phil Hartman) arrives on the base and orders that Bilko's platoon be in charge of the demonstration of an experimental project. The Army is testing a Hover Tank and Thorn wants to "burn" Bilko to get back at him for being busted for rigging a boxing match that Bilko had actually done.
Thorn decides that he will frame Bilko for not knowing how to fix anything by stealing a computer chip from the tank. The guys from the motor pool don't take any of their work seriously but when their sergeant's career is on the line, they fake their way through the presentation. They fix the tank so it will move and plant explosives on all of the targets.
When the presentation is over, Major Thorn is in a rage because there is no way that the tank could work. He then shows that he stole the chip and is then shipped to Greenland for a second time.
Also throughout the movie Bilko is attempting to marry the woman of his dreams. She has been waiting 8 years for him to show up and get married. He stands her up several times because he could never remember that he was supposed to be there until it was too late. The platoon also makes a trip to Vegas in a tank.
It is a great movie and you are guaranteed to laugh!
You can click the image below to buy this movie on Amazon or you can also search for it on Netflix.
Alex
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