Another "Hollywood Hates America" propaganda film.

Rating: Null/10 (21 December 2003)

If you think this is not "Hollywood hates America and all of its values" propaganda, I will eat a case of the DVDs when it gets to the video store.
However, once I dealt with (and ignored) the Hollywood politics issue; this film had me fully involved. I am not normally a Tom Cruise fan yet I believe he did a more than adequate job here. The supporting Japanese acting was superb. The story line was good although it was a tad too easy to follow. The directing and writing gave the viewer every simple concept on a silver platter.
The obligatory 'side of a hill, grassy field, civil war era, slow motion, bloody battle' scenes were of the type that I'd recommend dropping the ten bucks to see on a big screen rather than waiting to catch it on a 20 inch television.
Good flick.