Do not see this movie if you can't handle reality.

Rating: Null/10 (14 January 2002)

I recently pre-viewed this film at North Island Naval Air Station. There were families with young children running around, some as young as 5 and 6 years old. It was a Friday night and all the military families were out to see the new action movie for free. Immediately people had to start leaving for the intense graphic *Reality* of the film. I have served for 15 years in the military and have seen people (some close freinds) die very tragic deaths. This movie is a close as you can come to that in the safety of your theatre seat with popcorn in hand.
If you want a movie with a *feel good happy ending* this is not it. There is no Arnold Schwarznegger mowing down the enemy and saving the world. There is no handsome Brad Pitt to get the girl in the end. There are only Soldiers, young men, fighting and dying for a reason only those who have served and fought can relate to. If you have not served in the armed forces or a service organization (Fire Fighter, Police, etc...) you may not even understand what this movie is even about. To some it may just look like a bunch of people shooting at each other. To those who have served it's a way of saying, "Hell who ever directed this knows what it's like".

I am not one to judge acting abilities and I really don't care much about *Stars*, to me they are just people. A hero to me is someone who does something for his fellow man without need or desire for anything in return. Acting is a JOB, they get paid to do it. And if they are good they get paid a lot. The same goes for Directors and the people who did the music Blah, Blah, Blah..... I thought the movie was a good representation of how things happend back in 1992-93. I still remember vividly the CNN footage of the soldier's lifeless body being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu.
It's a WAR movie. War Happens. Like the quote in the movie:
Only the dead have seen the end of war - Plato