Who's who?

Rating: 6/10 (5 July 2006)

OK, it's gritty, it's realistic and it shows us like many, many, many other films before it that war is hell, but American soldiers are buddies and heroes.
What it adds is to document a true incident and its ensemble playing (that we also see in films like Band of Brothers, made around the same time). As in BOB, it's hard to follow who's who. One man in a scruffy uniform and covered in grime looks much like another. It was only when I looked at the cast list that I realised some of the well-known actors who were in it. I'd completely failed to spot a few of them while watching the film.
The story goes on for a long time on the same note of non-stop action. This may be true to life, but in a film it's wearing.
Others have well noted the racism implied in the film.