Two movies tied together beautifully

Rating: 10/10 (3 July 2007)

Technically it is one movie, but is primarily broken down into two parts. The first, the boot camp, is fairly light hearted and interesting to watch and keeps curiosity and interesting, the end of the first part is one of the greatest scenes you will ever see in a movie, as moving as the hand or foot scene in Cidade De Dues. The second part is overwhelming. The absolute best war footage ever. It is believable and overwhelming. The directors thankfully did not make it like an action movie. It is more similarly shot to saving private Ryan, but some of the sequences are completely breath taking. This is far more than a war movie. It is a movie about human strength, perseverance and capacity for abuse, simply superb.