One Shot

Rating: 10/10 (7 June 2002)

This movie will haunt me until the day I die. I know when you think of the word haunt you would think of it in a bad way, but in this case it is not. There are things about this movie that will always bother me. The many times Nicki had to rescue himself from the world that was Vietnam. The way the vietminh soldiers threw the U.S. soldiers into a pit of water and left them to die, and their bodies to the rats. But these are things soon lost in the mix when you get caught up in this epic of a movie. Robert DeNiro is one of the geatest actors of all time. I know many people say once a person is in a role nobody could have played it better. But this is trully a case where noone could have played the role of Michael better than DeNiro. He brings you in from the beginning and never lets go. Just as the movie does. There are so many different emotions you are forced to feel as the piece goes along it's hard to focus on just one. But if anything jumps out at you the most it's friendship. It's never leaving someone behind. These men have a bond that others only wish they could achieve as friends. They are inseperable. But that turns out to be the problem for them. Being serperated causes a mental anguish so strong that they become trapped, a world they would never escape. There are many sad feelings from this movie, but also many feelings of pride. As well as many times you will find yourself laughing right along with the men from the small Pittsburgh town. The Deer Hunter is a movie that should escape noone's mind.