About a typical war movie

Rating: 6/10 (12 October 1998)

Saving Private Ryan is billed as an anti-war epic. Nothing could be further from the truth. Every character is devoted to fighting the war. Tom Hanks's Captain Miller sends his men into battle even when it is possible, and preferential to their mission, to avoid. The green interpreter turns out to be (gasp!) a coward, and is only redeemed by killing a certain German. This is not an anti war movie.