connection of the Russian roulette scenes

Rating: 7/10 (11 December 2005)

Overall, I enjoyed the film. I thought it was well done, but was a bit slow in the beginning during the wedding scenes. The scenes of Russian roulette were very intense and seemed to connect to the big picture of the film and the idea of our involvement in the Vietnam war. In the game of Russian Roulete, it is really a no win situation. If you keep playing the game for long enough, you will eventually die. The scenes of Russian Roulete in the film seemed to say that our involvement in the Vietnam war is much like this game in the way that it is a no win situation. If you were an American sent to Vietnam during the war, you either had to go there and likely be killed or at least psychologically damaged, or go to jail. Even if you came back to America, you would be called a baby killer and looked down upon. I also thought it was very interesting that during some of those scenes a real bullet was placed in the guns to heighten the tension of the actors.