disturbing and poetic

Rating: Null/10 (30 April 2003)

This could be the best war movie ever made. I haven't seen another film before or since that as successfully drops the audience into a war zone and keeps them there for the entire running time. The film is as heavy as they get. You may need a nap after you see it. It manages to be terrifying and poignant and dramatic. Performances are first rate all around (a young Charlie Sheen could act), screenplay is stellar, directing is as good as it gets. This is Oliver Stone breaking out, and man did he break.