Talk about overkill!

Rating: 7/10 (14 February 2004)

Great reviews. Disappointed by the relentless violence. Had no idea this was based on a true story because of the excess. As seems to be the case in 2004, graphic violence is supposed to make and help us feel the impossible situation of the poor slum kids. It doesn't. Damn it. Is there anyone who remembers that the story of one, only one, victimized character is more powerful than watching millions of people slaughtered.
It was like watching 2,000 St. Valentines Day massacres in 2 hours. Horrific but not touching. We need to care. This film had too many stories. Tried to link Vietnam with corporate greed and the eternal reach for money and power.
This could have been a brilliant film. Instead it was a two martini film (you had to wind down) but one which left even the photographer survivor, suspect.