Absolutely Brilliant!

Rating: 8/10 (28 January 2007)

I didn't go out intending to buy this film, but while out i saw it on the shelf and thought to myself "Hmmm, another film to add to my war film collection." i thought it would simply be another middle of the road war flick, but how wrong was I.
It is possible one of the most dramatic and grittiest war films i have ever seen. The combat scenes are simply amazing. they really do make you think about this war in a whole new perspective. But not only does this film focus on the war itself, in shows how it affected the normal people who were drafted away from their homes to fight a war they didn't believe in. The way families were split up and very often never reunited really hits you hard. The director really does portray these feeling brilliantly.
Overall it isn't a film for the average movie fan, but is one for the hardened war film viewer. Amazing!