Better than Full Metal Jacket because its based on an actual event.

Rating: 9/10 (14 January 2002)

This film would have been chilling enough had it just been fiction but since its actually based around a similar event in WWI it is indeed very sad. Well acted and superbly written I'd class this as a must see not only for history buffs but for anybody who has wondered about the senseless tactics employed in WWI. If you are not a 'war movie' fan then don't be put off - this film is not your traditional gungho fare. Deliberately you are never shown the germans for they are not the real enemy in this movie. The dialogue, although very intelligently written is still believable and how men actually talk and not all poetic and deep which was my biggest gripe with 'Thin Red Line'. I usually guage how good a film is by how successfully it conjures up your different emotions - at the end of Paths of Glory you'll feel saddened, angry and dismayed.