Spectacular war-movie

Rating: 10/10 (17 June 2000)

Saving Private Ryan is Steven Spielberg`s second world-war2-themed film(the first was the excellent Schindler`s List). We follow some American soldiers who are fighting against Hitler`s Wehrmacht in Normandie. The opening scene is spectacular and extremely violent, but then that was how the Allies managed to get over the English channel and over to France. The movie is very good, it has both realistic war-scenes and great drama(although The Thin Red Line focuses more on drama). All in all I can honestly say that Spielberg has gone and delivered the goods again, and what we have here is yet another important movie. I prefer this over The Thin Red Line, even if it doesn`t have the excellent soundtrack of The Thin Red Line. 9/10