Not bad... but...

Rating: Null/10 (9 April 2000)

This film was tortured by the critics, saying that it wasn't engaging and the film collided from all sides and crashed and etc, etc, and etc. I tend to disagree, but not to the extreme. Yes I agree the direction was choppy during certain scenes, and editing also seemed to be choppy and uncertain at moments. But, it did entertain me enough so I would give it 2 1/2 stars. I would have given 3 stars, but the film lost that 1/2 for the choppy direction and editing, and maybe the screenplay. Starting the film with the Vietnam battle scene was a big mistake in my opinion. I thought to myself when I saw the words "Vietnam," I thought, "Oh, no. Not another story about the typical Vietnam war veteran." The film I think should have started with the Yemen crisis or the celebration of retirement of Colonel Hodges and at the same time edit in the Vietnam sequence. That'd be one of the things I would have wanted to change about the film if I was in charge. So anyway, not bad, but could have been better. ** 1/2 out of ****