Fantastic Civil War drama

Rating: 10/10 (29 March 2000)

I had the pleasure of watching this movie last week and I'm happy to say it was one of the best war films I've ever seen. Denzel Washington as Trip and Matthew Broderick as Col. Shaw are fantastic. Also, John Finn is the picture of an Irish Civil War drill sergeant as Sergeant Major Mulcahy. Glory is a story of one of the first black Union regiments, the 54th Massachussettes, and their struggle to fight. At first they are scoffed at and used as ditch-diggers, and raiders, but when they are put into action, they fight bravely. The story of the 54th Massachussettes is a good one. I highly recommend Glory as a war movie.