2nd worst movie of the summer

Rating: 3/10 (16 December 2001)

This was absolutely abysmal. I wish somebody told me when the half hour of action was about to take place, so I could have taken timed naps. Better yet, I wish I had just not wasted any time on this overblown, overhyped, overcasted, and overacted drivel. The plot of the surrounding characters was so formulaic I actually got the image of monkeys sitting at typewriters. All of the hype lead me to believe that this was going to be next in the line with Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, and Saving Private Ryan. How wrong, how terribly terribly wrong! The action was pretty good, but it could not nearly justify spending two hours sitting through the pointless Titanicesque junk. I'm not sure which fell asleep first - me or my butt. Save yourself some time and just go rent Saving Private Ryan again - that had a great story, good acting, and superb effects. I always wonder why Matt Damon wasn't in this movie besides Ben Affleck - I guess he knows which war movies to make and which to skip.