Well worth buying, listen to the message of the film

Rating: 8/10 (5 October 2006)

I 1st watched this movie when it came out on DVD and thought that it was a good movie. I recently watched it again with 8 minutes of footage left in that was previously removed in the 1st release..... I think the movie was inspired by the deaths of two snipers that volunteered to help out at a downed Black Hawk crash site knowing that the chances of survival were at best, slim. The courage of those two men should be an inspiration to us all.
As a rule i am not a fan of American "fact based" war movies as they often glorify the US army etc etc etc... One thing I am a firm believer in is that if you are going to produce a movie that is from an actual event you have a responsibility to make it as accurate as possible regardless of who wins and who loses....
I felt that this movie was more "open " in the way that it showed the suffering of US troops, however I felt that there was no real effort made to take the viewer over to the other side and see it from their point of view. This does not detract from the story in any way though.
If it's got Ridley Scott on the box then you KNOW that it will be a fine piece of film work........ How accurate it is, is not for me to judge as I was not there.. I have seen many WW2 movies (yes I know this is not a WW2 movie) and have found them so far from the truth it's laughable... Pearl Harbour and U571 to name just two.
To sum up, I think this is a film worth buying........It's great music score, cinematography and sound quality are top notch... Try to take note of what the film is really trying to tell you though, to which you have to draw your own conclusions.