LOVING THE BULLET

Rating: 7/10 (27 July 2003)

"Heartbreak ridge" is a bit of a dubious movie as you're getting one of the best Eastwood-performances ever but sadly enough it's done in a rather weak movie. Mind you, it's all by all a very entertaining movie which never bores but it raises so many questions that you can't escape the feeling that director Eastwood forget all sense of reality, especially knowing that this same man shoot pictures about jazzlegends and so.... The story is absolute nothing....an American Marine-officer who lives for the army must train a bunch of useless t**ts who are just caring about rapmusic and girls...and you get it, Eastwood makes it possible to train them as an elite-platoon who were of crucial sense in the Grenada-war. The film lasts 130 minutes and not once there is a sense of criticism even if the soldiers (and even Eastwood himself) are humilated in the worst way there is. The whole movie the soldiers are complaining that they have to do some sports but once the call is there for war, you see them carrying the stars and stripes. Yeah, pacifists will have no one good word for it, be sure of it. But as said just like if you are considering to throw this film in the bin you are facing the strong performance from Eastwood who must play his most coolest performance ever! The man with the iron face is full with scars from battles he fought (he was a hero in all the big wars) and he comes over as the most dangerous killing machine ever, even Dirty Harry would run for his life! The rest of the movie you will forget the day you wake up again, naaah watch it ... it's entertainment but you better not tell anyone that you picked up something interesting from it....