The first casualty of war movies is truth...

Rating: Null/10 (16 December 2002)

Funny how really damning war films of the military (particularly US military) don't generate much furor.
I saw Kovic, Stone and a Marine officer on a talk show shortly after this came out and the officer shredded the other two with a dangerous weapon--the truth. Almost everything truly disturbing about the story, right down to Kovic accidentally killing an American, were revealed as bosh. But at least Stone smiled and offered slimy retractions like "I'll have to go check my sources".
Another Vietnam War movie which has been excoriated by the media (We Were Soldiers) turns out to be far more accurate to actual facts than this film. Go figure.