The best I've seen M.J. Fox

Rating: 10/10 (27 January 2007)

It was an upsetting movie - but then it was supposed to be. I assume it is a fictional story, but just last year in Iraq there was an event eerily similar. If they are guilty may justice be done in real life as in the movie. I was afraid it was going to end with them getting by with it....which was going to upset me big time. But it had a satisfying ending, except I don't understand why Sean Penn got just ten years....it was his idea and his 'leadership' that did it. And like probably everyone else who watched it - as least for the males - there was a continual gut wrenching question: What would I have done if I had been there?. What if I had been in M.J. Fox's shoes? Participate in the rape/murder? Answer is no for most of us. Some may say that no one can say what they would do until they were there themselves. True, but right is right and wrong is wrong. It doesn't matter what everyone else does, even if every person involved is guilty...that doesn't make it right. I didn't go to Vietnam - was in the service at that time, but state side duty. But I know Vietnam vets who, even though in heavy combat, brought honor to themselves and our country in what they did. And then there are others I've heard about. Which brings up another question that has been debated endlessly...was the conduct of our troops in Vietnam worse than in other wars? Thats a matter of debate and I'm not qualified to get into that one. But back to the movie. I've never been a Micheal J. Fox or Sean Penn fan, but their performances are awesome, especially M.J. Fox. I highly recommend it, but if you take medication for high blood pressure, make sure you take it before seeing this movie.