THE WORST WAR MOVIE EVER

Rating: Null/10 (6 February 2002)

That this movie is rated R while films that depict sexual content are rated X is sickening. Like the movie. The formula: gunfire, trite "patriotic", "courgaeous" banter, repeat as necessary....for 2 hours! I enjoy war films and this was the shallowest, most boring attempt that I've ever seen. Apocalypse Now and Platoon make this look like the artistic work of a 3 year-old. That Americans respond to repetitious violence by labeling it "courage" is a travesty to both the terms "American" and "Courage." The men may have been courageous, but the filmmakers were not - they preyed upon shoot-em-up video game culture and cheap animalistic love of pure violence to seduce an audience of people who deserve more, but don't know how to ask for it. Anyone who enjoys this movie should feel ashamed and ponder how their artistic sensibilities and respect for cinema have descended to Death Valley.