Good action scenes, bad sappy scenes

Rating: Null/10 (12 October 1999)

The film's core simply follows a small group of Americans kicking ass behind enemy lines. Maybe it's just me but I never really warmed up to most of the characters in that group, and found the "heartwarming" backstory anything but.
Regardless, the "you are there" intense action scenes make up for the faults in the sappy department. Although again, once we are following the crack commando group, the battles no longer seemed particularly real to me since only the enemies are dying. That seems to reinforce the stereotype of the invincible heroic soldier that actually makes war look appealing. Plus, it went on so long I was definitely getting rather tired of it by the end. Watching it a second time on video was completely un-worthwhile in my opinion.
Anyway in the end I give this movie about a 3 stars out of 4.