Training the Killer Instinct.

Rating: Null/10 (21 January 2004)

This is the first Staneley Kuprick's movie I've ever seen. It is powerful. No doubt. The training of a soldier into a killing machine is vividly portrayed. The first half of the movie is filled with almost command like dialogues. Nowhere else I have seen such a vivid portrayal of a training camp. The second half is about the vietnam experience of soldiers trained in such a way. A good narration. But we could not connect the second half with the first. Hence we need fresh interests to get into the second half. When I compare the same with 'Platoon' and 'The Thin Red Line' this movie lags behind. In my rating 'The Thin Red Line' is the best war movie I've ever seen. It is philosophical and poetic. But still don't miss this movie. Particularly if you are ambitious about becoming as a soldier to serve your country(is it really yours?) then you should watch this movie first. Later you may have second thoughts about joining an army.