Powerful, but...

Rating: Null/10 (16 August 1998)

A powerful movie that strips away any notion that war is anything but brutal , indiscriminate, random, sudden, and unpredictable. Most other movies have bombs and bullets killing people people in clean, neat ways. SPR doesn't. It's real, and as a viewer, it is very believable, and that is what gave it the emotional impact. In the middle, the movie drags some, never engaging me as much as Schindler's List did. Nonetheless, a potent film, that like Schindler's List, SHOULD be seen, and not seen for entertainment value.