I wanted to like this movie but... the bad reviews are all correct

Rating: 1/10 (30 June 2020)

This was just terrible. If it wasn't for the gore this would be a made for TV movie from the 90's. Most of the acting was really bad, the dialogue felt unscripted but not in a good way. The story was mediocre at best and the way the characters abandon their convictions over what seems like no reasons it made it seem like it wasn't done on purpose but just from lack of any kind of good writing.
I was expecting to see more around what it was like to be a black soldier in Vietnam but there was so little service paid to this topic it was literally a few guys standing around going "Oh man it sucks to be a black soldier in Vietnam... which is where we are right now... in Vietnam... because they are just using us black soldiers. Hey man did I mention to you I am a black soldier in vietnam?" This is such a HUGE topic that deserves a much better media outlet than this piece of trash.
Ken Burns does an amazing job of covering the war in his documentary The Vietnam War it is a bit of an investment though at about 20hrs to watch. BUT it goes into the details of it all (if you want to watch about the war). There are so many better movies depicting the struggles of Black Americans, like Malcom X, Detroit, Glory just to name a few. Don't bother with this movie it has NO redeeming qualities.