A very poor movie - a gratuitous caricature of the USMC!!

Rating: Null/10 (8 April 2006)

We've seen this Hollywood drivel before in the form of Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket. What's the message - apparently that anyone stupid enough to serve in the military is a deranged psychopath. I didn't recall seeing one example of brotherhood, teamwork or individual commitment but the movie does portray immoral behaviour, a disregard of authority, lack of personal discipline, internecine violence, the bodies of dead innocent children - and even the film's first scene involving the Air Force committing (you guessed it!!) a "friendly fire" mistake!! Someone - PLEASE - put a bullet in the head of this one. I had four good friends serve in the military as pilots - three Navy and one USMC. One of the Navy boys served in the first Gulf War - a Navy Combat Search and Rescure (CSAR) pilot who flew missions to rescue downed airmen behind enemy lines. I know him and his courage - he was nothing like the soldiers portrayed in this movie. I wonder if the director and/or screenplay author even knew anyone who served in the military. If so, they might think twice about insulting the young men and women who serve us all.