A Brilliant Film...

Rating: 9/10 (5 September 2006)

Saving Private Ryan starring Tom Hanks and an all-star cast was one of the best war films I've ever come across. It's mixture of violence, gore, drama and brotherhood between the 8-man unit was a different view of World War 2. Most war films just get stuck into random violence and don't take the time to explore the lives and views of the soldiers fighting for their country and their allies. With Private Ryan (Matt Damon) loses his three brothers in other parts of the world, Miller's (Hank's) unit must track him down to bring him back home.
Almost immediately Carpozo (Vin Diesel) is killed and the mission takes an ominous turn. After a false alarm, the team finally finds Ryan but not before their medic Wade is killed whilst trying to capture a German machine gun battery.
At the end of the film, after a large battle, most of the squad is annihalated and Hanks is hit by two German bullets which, in the end, terminate his life. But his mission was accomplished, Ryan survived, along with Upham and Mellish.
A great war film and a must see for any War film-loving fan.