OK but pales in comparison to many stronger films about the subject

Rating: Null/10 (9 November 2002)

Director Brian DePalma attempts to continue the vogue started by fellow directors Oliver Stone and Stanley Kubrick when it comes to making a quality film about the conflicts of the Vietnam War. DePalma succeeds but only moderately as his example is nowhere near as strong as the examples turned in by the aforementioned men. Michael J. Fox has a good rare dramatic role as an army private who, along with his commanding officer (Sean Penn), tries to cover up a young Vietnamese woman's brutal murder. Conflicts erupt and the film turns out being more of a character study than a war film and that may be one of the problems. That would prove that the title may be slightly misleading.