Critical analyses, awful end...

Rating: 6/10 (29 August 2018)

The film begins with anti-militarist and anti-emperialist point of view but ends up with American flags and a silly heroism. I was stuck on the film since the beginning of it because of Sal's critical comments and analyses about American political and militarist system. Three soldier friends who are the victims of Vietnam war meets years later. As the years went by one of them became a priest (Richard Mueller), the other an alcoholic and an opponent man (Sal Nealon), while the other became quite silent and moderate person (Larry 'Doc' Shepherd). We watched Sal's critical and opponent approaches nearly every subject especially during discussions between him and Mueller till the end of the film. However, at the end he compromised with the whole system and contradicted with the man we watched all along. I was totally disappointed. Was that all lies? Was also Sal lying? What happened to the lectures he gave to us since the beginning of the film? I finished it with these questions in my mind. I gave 6 points because of successful casting and Sal's smart and critical reasoning but I cannot give higher points to a film that has such a militarist final.