Very good depiction of the Psyche of the Soldier

Rating: 9/10 (5 November 2005)

I saw this movie on its opening day release, and can say I was quite pleased with it. Overall, it gives a very real, and personal look at the way war, especially a war as uneventful as Desert Storm, can affect a soldier who has been trained to kill for his country. While this movie stays away from any political soapbox talk, it does foreshadow the present, in several scenes. This isn't the typical war movie, in that it doesn't show a lot of shooting, bombing and killing, which is good. Too often war movies show these things and glamorize them. This movie shows that this is not the case, even for hardened Marines. Full of colorful characters portrayed by equally talented actors, this movie is a must see, simply for the understanding you develop for the affect of war.