Jesus as a soldier

Rating: 7/10 (11 March 2006)

This is a stirring character piece set in the Vietnam war. It is clearly more than just a War picture. The film seems to be more about religion and free will as a conflict than it does a war film. Throughout the film the characters are forced to make choices based on circumstances that most of us will never have to contend with. There are influences in the daily lives of these men that would bend the mind of a sane person. So much seems to happen to them that they almost lose themselves to the heart of darkness. On another note, it is great to see Willem Dafoe playing a Jesus like character before he went on to play Christ in "The Last Temptation of Christ." For anyone who has not seen this film, I highly recommend it for a night when you want to have your perspective of good guys and bad guys and what war does to a man adjusted. Upon watching this film, you may never view the Vietnam conflict the same again.