Watch and volunteer for war

Rating: Null/10 (21 November 2003)

I think this rates as one of my best top five movies. Absolutely brilliant. When I saw it in the cinema I got out to the car before crying my eyes out. The film is like a roller coaster of emotion and terror. Filmed up close and with the cast in every sense it was emotionally draining. I have since bought the dvd and seen it many times. I cannot fault it. I have also been to the D-day beaches, read the Ambrose books and visited the grave yards including the one in the film. It is exactly like it.
It is hard to say what is my favourite scene but the sniper shooting the german in the church tower is brilliant and perfectly done.
I've had enough of war films that show people getting shot and falling gracefully to the ground, in SPR they show it how it is, ugly and very cruel. If you want proof see the news clip of the Yanks executing the young vietnamese boys in the street. SPR brilliant.