disappointed

Rating: 4/10 (12 April 2009)

i consider myself a movie fan, and was slightly embarrassed that this movie slipped through my net. So i bought it cheap from amazon. At last i finally get to see this 'masterpiece'. i consider the film to be in 3 parts. The first part i thought was slow but introduced us to the characters well, and the scenes of the town where these people live, show us perfectly why the thought of going to war appeals to them.
Then all of a sudden we are transported to a village in Vietnam, no hint of training or preperation. Then it jumps from scene to scene, to where we find our 3 characters captured.....together, just the start of too many coincidences. There escape is far too easy, Michael managing to carry Steve to safety.....when in reality the prison camp would have a lot further away. The horrors they live with are based on the roulette scene, the shots in Vietnam should have been at least 30 mins longer, and showed a hint of the true horrors witnessed. in truth, at some points i thought i was watching a Vietnam spoof film.
the third part of the film is the heroes return, which were OK with some convincing scenes, particularly The scene where Michael goes to collect Steve from the VA Hospital, but again i was disappointed. By the time Michael returns to Vietnam to fulfil his promise to Nick, i had lost interest.
I am going to watch Born On The Forth Of July again........and i know i wont be disappointed