utterly disappointed

Rating: 4/10 (4 August 2006)

Hearing what this film was about and finding out it was a true story left a larger impact on me then the entire film did. This was a run of the mill Hollywood War film, i was very surprised not to See Jerry Bruckheimer's name under the producer credits. I had pretty high expectations after finding out that John Dahl was directing this film since i was a follower of his work since "Kill me again" but what i was left with was over an hour of boring Hollywood war stuff and then when the Raid was initiated on the camp in the end it was a five minute Un- Dramatic shootout that you would find in any large budgeted action flick. And the performances were extremely dull especially from the horrid Benjamin Bratt, (dude stick to T.V.). And a very disappointing turn from the young but usually talented James Franco but both Connie Nielson and Joseph Fines gave decent performances. Also to blame was the stupid dialog, I really coundn't be any more disappointed, and the only reason i give it a 4 is because the story of the film let me know about the brave soldiers who rescued the POW S and i have the up most respect for them. But just rating the film itself it's lucky if it's a 2