Sad but Powerful

Rating: Null/10 (20 June 2003)

SPOILERS!! Now, I'm a sucker for good or happy endings. If a movie was great with a bad ending, I will think of it less than it deserves. This movie, on the other hand, was really good WITH even a good ending. It had some awesome acting in it, with Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn! I was especially impressed with Penn! Never have I seen anyone do a DeNiro like him! I think this was the first movie I saw Fox be really emotional, so I give major props to him. The actress who played the girl that they killed put on a great performance that made you really pity and feel bad for her character. Now let's talk about the ending: Fox finally realizes that he can't change what happened to that girl, and that he must not forget about it but move on in life. You can't let something get you down! "Did you have a bad dream?" "Yea." "Well, I think it's over now." That, I think was the perfect ending. That and those men getting what they deserve (I personally hated Clark). When Penn and Fox were talking about Brown (who was shot and killed), I really do think that if Brown were still alive and on that platoon, that things for the girl's fate would've been different. In the beginning, Brown and Fox's charcter really hit it off as buddies, and that showed you that Brown had the same heart as Fox's character. Anyways, this was a superb movie that you should watch! I give it a 10/10.