Pretty darn impressive

Rating: Null/10 (19 July 2004)

Stone does well. Cruise delivers like I've never seen. So much better than his sloppily suited Cameron Crowe collaborations or banal joints with Spielberg. The script is absolutely delicious. The scenes with Willem Dafoe are incredible. The two of them screaming at each other on a lost Mexican highway, stuck in wheel chairs. Wow. John Williams provides a hauntingly fallen score. The echoes of a trumpet as Ron returns home are painfully accurate. And when he comes home drunk, your heart truly breaks. Out of all Stone's biopics, BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY seems to be the most relevant. A well orchestrated piece of cinema from a director in his prime. Check it out and forgive ANY GIVEN SUNDAY; people make mistakes.