10 Director's Cuts That Seriously Improve Movies

World War 2 veteran turned novelist and filmmaker, Sam Fuller, first release his epic-war flick in 1980. Starring Lee Marvin and Mark Hamill, the story follows a squad of infantrymen across several major conflicts during World War 2. From the deserts of North Africa, to the beaches of Normandy, and finally to a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia, the film attempts to show how the men are changed by their experiences.

On release the film was praised for it performances and its depiction of war, but Fuller was never satisfied with the finished project. The studio essentially butchered the edit, focusing on the action rather than giving credence to how the characters were effected. Notably several characters don't get the full character arc Fuller original hoped for.

The Reconstruction was an attempt to rectify those issues, utilising an additional 47-minutes of remastered footage in a significantly altered edit. Although Fuller had passed away by the point the movie got its make over, the new cut drew heavily from Fuller's more expansive novelisation of the story.