The power of a war film

Rating: Null/10 (3 March 2004)

The action and effects alongside the emotional trauma of war films makes them so powerful. Maybe it is the fact that although we are watching fiction we know that the suffering we witness actually happened to many people. Either way this film is very effective and moving. There are times you can suggest Stone may excessively preach but this film has a lot to say and delivers it just perfectly. Its not the arty self indulged war film the Thin Red Line is. This film is poetic without removing the grit and jagged edge we associate with Vietnam. Possibly the best war film, probably the best Vietnam film