Really good but could have been shortened down a little

Rating: Null/10 (5 February 1999)

I saw this movie 20 years after it was released after a few of my friends were talking about the Vietnam scenes of the film. The Russian Roulette scenes of the movie were definitely some of the most disturbing scenes of the film, so when Robert DeNiro gets out of the nightmares at Vietnam you nearly cheer for him. The following hour or so is real powerful on how it changed them and DeNiro's journey back to find and hopefully save a friend who's life could be in danger. The acting and directing were very good but it does have a problem with its length. Ten to almost twenty minutes of this film could have easily been cut in some of the wedding scenes at the beginning. That's just about my only real problem with the movie but I do think for me that it held it back from being a masterpiece as some made it out to be. I still highly recommend it, just try and get through the first hour as well as you can.