Not a "Mormon" film

Rating: Null/10 (29 November 2003)

I will start with a disclaimer: I am a friend of the director, Ryan Little, and did a some very minor post production work with the movie.
This is not a film where you are going to find Mormon "doctrine" or LDS inside jokes, like Brigham City or Singles Ward. There is talk about God and serving a mission, but it really could be any religion. In fact none of the characters are from Utah.
This film as great cinematography and very powerful music. There are a lot of good performance. The best surprise was Kirby Heyborne, from Singles Ward and RM, who does a good dramatic role to brake out of the goofy stuff he has been doing. I also liked the performance by Larry Bagby because it was real and very natural.
It's a WWII war movie that could be compared to Saving Private Ryan, the Big Red One or any John Wayne movie. It's a buddy movie. It's a hero movie. It's not a complicated plot, most of you will figure out the ending but there is enough there to hold you interest for the last hour of the movies. I will say this, My Mother-in-Law fell asleep during `Master & Commander' but was spellbound through Saints & Soldiers.
It will get a PG-13 because of the shooting, killing, blood and that stuff that goes with war. There is no swearing, no nudity, and no gross violence like "Private Ryan"
Go see this movie. It's a nice work of art.