Old fashioned movie making with Mel Gibson's bloody touch.

Rating: 7/10 (13 July 2017)

OK. It's like a 1950's epic, patriotic war movie ... but with Mel Gibson's signature sado-masochistic touch. It's certainly an interesting story, but played out with an extremely heavy hand that makes it a bit cringe-inducing at times.
I don't know how realistic the setting is, but one detail that bothered me throughout - WTH wouldn't the Japanese just have cut the rope ladder that led to the top of the ridge?!