Most realistic platoon level combat war movie

Rating: 10/10 (13 November 2015)

It's hard to believe that Troy Martin wrote this. As far as I know he was never in combat. He was born in 1932. Possibly Korea. But not listed in his bio. Martin must have know someone who lived it because it is far too accurate. The motivations are spot on. It's funny and serious and for me this movie works. Most war movies are hard to watch because the characters are written by people who haven't lived it. It's either strained or silly. Not this movie. This film really gets the hierarchy of the combat arms service-Army and Marines, correct. The There are those taking the brunt of the terror in the front, "We're point section for the whole damn army." That line just about sums it up.