Robin Williams tries to save the day...

Rating: 7/10 (17 July 2006)

Robin Williams turns this mediocre story into a one man show. Still, the laughs yielded here are far less than if there hadn't been such an emphasis on how funny he is... Laughter cannot come out forcefully. The anti-war messages in this movie aren't enough to deviate from a sublime American propaganda. When Robin Williams demands censorship-free news like back home he gets "this is not America" as an answer. It is implied by both that such things never happen in the States. Not to mention that the information censored was never about doubting the war but facts that would possibly hamper the army's moral. When the Vietnamese boy expresses the agony of his people, the "anti-war" DJ exclaims "we are only here to help"! Any sentimental attachment Williams had with the locals seems to be in the realm of joke. Even his little affair with the young girl doesn't seem to overshadow him a bit. At the same time he is very convincing when saluting the U.S. soldiers. He also feels pity for the pick-up bar ran by a perversive underworld local.... Excessive coarse jokes also spoil some possibilities for humor. Silence is funnier sometimes. 6/10