Another dodgy piece of American self-congratulatory cinema

Rating: 5/10 (24 May 2003)

This movie begins and ends in a very lame fashion. Old people, American flags and shonky acting features heavily. Gratuitous.
The subsequent half an hour (the landing scene) by itself would have made a better movie. What is the message this movie is trying to convey? That war is Hell? If so, then extend the landing scene to an hour, finish the movie there and preven the Hellish aspect spilling over into cinematic experience.
The rest is just boring attempts at moralising, cliched moments and other embarrassing moments that just diminish the impact of the opening battle scene until it becomes a distant memory and you find yourself watching yet another formulaic war movie.