"God Bless America"?

Rating: 8/10 (26 April 2013)

A group of mill workers focused on drinking with the boys and deer hunting find themselves helplessly reacting to the war in Viet Nam from a prison camp to back home in the Russian Orthodox PA town where our three soldiers came from. There is amazing character development by Robert DeNiro (our warrior), John Savage (our victim) and Christopher Walken (our shaken conscience). The Russian Roulette scenes are everlasting, even if more of an analogy to the war itself. Full of conflict, overwhelming in the sadness and uselessness of this particular war.The film agenda is clear when the final scene shows the remaining friends gathered around a dining room table and sadly and lightly sing "God Bless America". How can anyone not ask themselves what was the point of the war in Viet Nam?