Not all it could be

Rating: 4/10 (6 November 2005)

Not a particularly interesting war movie. Fails to show the interesting aspects of training, like "Full Metal Jacket" or "An Officer and a Gentelman" the building of a bond inside a unit, like "Saving Private Ryan" the loneliness of fighting a war a world away "Like Full Metal Jacket" or "Platoon" or "Blackhawk Down", or good battle scenes like "Saving Private Ryan" or "Blackhawk Down", or any WWII movie. Not really a movie about the problems of the military like "Buffalo Soldiers" or "Catch 22" or "M*A*S*H". It nominally tries to do all of these things, but really does not do much at all. Just keeps on going for two hours. Not particularly interesting. Save your hard earned money and TIVO it off HBO so you can fast forward past the slow parts (will make it about 45 minutes).