Let's Roll - Don't Walk, Run To See This Movie

Rating: 10/10 (5 December 2003)

Rarely will you ever see a movie more inspiring than this epic treatise on the nature of good and evil. In this new millenium "Braveheart" it is the greedy, self-absorbed corporate charlatans versus the selfless tribal warriors, who, knowing they are fighting a losing battle, decide to fight on with the utmost honor and bravery imaginable. You will want to stand up and cheer just like the dozens of people I saw voicing their thanks for this rousing story. It portrays America as many unfortunately see it in the rest of the world today, as an untrustworthy and greedy bully using its superior technology to stamp down the downtrodden and line its own pockets. Yet it is an American Civil War hero (Cruise) who redeems his terrible crimes against humanity in the Indian Wars and teaches the brave Asian warriors what it takes to win against a far superior enemy.... not just honor, courage, integrity, and passion.... but faith, hope, and an undying will to see the good triumph over evil, no matter what the odds or the price. The battle scenes are fantastic, characters sympathetic, sub plots engrossing, and you will wish as I did that the movie would not end. I walked away a better man, the snickering cynics be damned. You will too! I doubt any of them have ever fought valiantly in a battle to the death, even when they knew they would probably lose. Remember 9/11? If only we modern day Americans could live every day like the last samurai, like it was our last fight, and understand that ours is mostly a battle between good and evil within the mind. Our words are our swords and to die in battle is a "good" death. "Every man dies, but not every man really lives." (Braveheart) Let's Roll!!!