TRULY Academy Award-worthy!

Rating: 10/10 (23 May 2004)

You know, I'm not really a fan of Tom Cruise, and therefore it took me forever to rent this movie and watch it. Boy, am I glad I did! The plot is good; the script well-written; the cinematography excellent, and the battle scenes unparalleled since "Braveheart".
Obviously a morality-play, this movie could be capable of teaching people the difference between right and wrong; might versus right; conscience versus corruptibility; dignity versus shame. The acting is first rate, and I wish more movies of this calibre were being made today.
The only thing I found fault with, and this is negligible, were the subtitles displayed on the screen barely long enough to read them (and I'm a fast reader). I highly recommend this movie!