A slap in the face to the horror of war

Rating: Null/10 (3 January 1999)

When my friends and I went to get tickets to this movie, they carded us. We showed them our licenses proving we were over 17 but that theater required someone over 21 to be present. I thought this was the most ridiculous thing I had ever heard. Now my father would have to go to the movie with us. Well, once the film started, it only took about 30 seconds for me to realize why they had been so strict about letting us in.
My jaw dropped during the chilling D-Day opening sequence and I didn't pick it up off the floor until well past the second unit closing credits. Never before have I been so affected by a film, and so scared. Two of my guy friends, who tend to be very tolerant of blood and gore, were obviously creeped out by the all too realistic graphic depiction of war, not to mention the other girl who was there. I wanted to leave after that opening sequence. To think that my grandfather went through that was too much. I stayed however and witnessed the most daring and realistic depiction of World War II ever put on screen.
I left the theater scared to death of war and with a whole new respect for Veterans around the world. I highly recommend this movie, but only if you have the stomach to take it.