Intense military action film

Rating: Null/10 (11 July 2002)

OK, I have just watched this on DVD and it blew me away. I had to stop for a break after 45 minutes - it was that intense
I wouldn't dwell too much of the action and the gore, most people have commented on it. I would like to point out some of the interesting details in the film.
SPOILERS! As a military buff, I was most interested in the portrayal of the secretive delta forces. The film did a good job to highlight that there was some tension between delta and the army rangers. You can see that Delta force operatives were 'cooler' and did not really respect authority. They left their hair long, and modified their weapons. They were also lean and small in stature which is more realistic than beefy Rambo stereotypes you see in most hollywood movies. The snipers who went down to save the pilot where really heroes, they could have held off the whole city if they had not run out of bullets- this actually happened in real life.
Rangers - the film showed that they were generally a younger lot. They carried the GPMG machine guns and fired at shoulder level - only Special forces use the weopon like this - try carrying one yourself, you would not last 1 minute. (the scene in Rambo where he fires it from the hip doesn't happen in real life).
This is the first time on film where I have seen the SOAR unit operate - I am surprised that they actually showed the delta force soldiers deployed outside the minibirds on modified seats . This was top secret operational capability at the time.
Excellent war movie although some may find that the ending may be too abrupt.