I can't believe this got made...

Rating: 5/10 (10 February 2002)

May contain spoilers.
This has to be one of the worst movies I've seen in a while. The story is incoherent at best, and the whole point is simply lost on me. Like others, I would have preferred more of the historical backstory. Instead, we get a brief overview that tells the viewer very little.
What surprised me most was that this film got released when it did. Not being an American, I really don't have the same passion to see a US-based glory film. However, despite that, I really don't know if I could call this a glory film. All it did was show the stupidity and ineptness of the Americans at a time when the whole of the US wants to rally around its troops. Americans go in, get their heads way below water, and have to be saved by the UN. I guess that I would definitely like to see more of that theme in films -- Americans realizing they're not the be-all and end-all in resolving the world's problems.
At any rate, it would have been nice to see the movie explore more of the before & after story, instead of just throwing a bunch of words onto the screen to say how it all begins and turns out. Movies are a visual medium, show us how things happen. If we want to read about them then we'll pick up a newspaper or book to do that.
3/10 for decent direction, good editing and good sound.