Battle scenes all well and good, yet far too many cliches.

Rating: 7/10 (27 January 1999)

The opening and closing battle scenes are among best I've ever seen, yet the war torn cliches sandwiched in between are major detraction points, as is the film's hypocrisy and the Ryan character himself, one of the worst written characters since Jack Dawson told Rose of his bohemian days. Overall Quite powerful stuff, and the cast (all except Ed Burns) is spectacular.