I've never really noticed the anti-war sentiment

Rating: 8/10 (1 December 2003)

Now having banged on about Hollywood likes to rewrite history in other reviews, this is also only loosely based on real events. This is Alec	Guiness's finest performance and the film is really a psychological battle between himself and Col Saito. In reality I suspect Col. Nicholson	would have been shot early on, but that wouldn't have made a very good movie would it. The direction is excellent and this is the sort of film	that just couldn't be made any more without cgi. I have seen comments saying this film is anti-war, but I think the best anti-war films are probably	Full Metal Jacket and the mini-series Band of Brothers.