My #8

Rating: 10/10 (4 April 2002)

This review has spoilers in it. If you want to avoid them, skip this review. This is one of my favorite (real) war film, along whith the secod-best film of the 90s (#1 of the 90s is THE MATRIX). All the acting is flawless, except for the scene where the general says "We have got to get someone to get that boy the hell out of there." The film begins with the most intense battle sequence I've ever seen in a film at Omaha beach, June 6 1944. During the invasion, a boy is killed who is the brother of Private James Ryan, who also lost two other brothers. Since James is the only one left a squad of eight soldiers is sent deep into enemy territory lead by Capitian John Miller (Tom Hanks). Once they find Ryan, he refuses to leave his squad, which is holding one of only two bridges that brach into Poland. By the end only Ryan, and two of Miller's platoon is left alive. As I said before, all the acting in this film is exelent, but the best preformance is Edward Burns' preformance as Rieband. I won't go into the directing because Spielberg won Best Director at the Oscars, so.
I give SAVING PRIVATE RYAN 9.5/10