The movie borrowed too much from Kurosawa's and Lean's movies

Rating: Null/10 (3 March 1999)

The similarity between SPR and Seven Samurai is amazing:
1. the story structure:
the leader (Hanks and Takeshi) both fought in the beginning, then searched for team members, a long march to destiny,
waiting for fight in the ruins or the vilage, the final long fight. 2. the team members are even more similar: a sophiscated leader a silent cool shooter or a silent sharp swordman the youngest member can't fight but he changed in the end. The theme is highly borrowed from Lean's "the bridge over river kwai".
All those above explained why there was such an unrealistic objective (saving private ryan) and they had to stay to fight.
The movie is not original in many senses.