A fantastic, tense, exciting and re watchable war epic

Rating: 9/10 (26 August 2014)

My personal favourite war film of all time as the focus is less on the action (although when it does appear it is exhilarating)and more on the brilliance of the three main characters, Robert DeNero, Meryl Streep and Christopher Walken (who took home a Oscar for best supporting actor, which he deserved. The script is perfectly written, but dialogue is surprisingly scarce, focusing more on breathtaking vista shots. My favourite scenes are the ones where DeNero and his fellow Steelworkers, go Deer Hunting. The landscape is very appealing and the music and atmosphere are just absorbing. The famous Russian Roulette is very tense, and features some great acting, even though the way they escape is quite frankly, ludicrous. Finally this film has one of the most memorable last acts in movie history, finishing off with a song, quite fittingly, with a song about America. This song sums up the entire films plot, it is a film about America.I highly recommend you watch this film. For the performances, camera work and the complex characters.