Bad history, bad film making

Rating: 2/10 (18 August 2002)

The American public probably wants "feel good" films about American military prowess.... so it's essential that our stars take off and engage the enemy.
But the truth is that the US received a humiliating defeat on 7/12/41 and none of their fighters left the ground to any effect.
The tragedy about this film is that it was such a hit with teens... kids who cannot even remember the Gulf War.... their enthusiastic love of this film shows that they cannot separate fact from fiction.. which bodes ill for us all.