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Rating: Null/10 (17 July 2001)

What an exercise in cliche. Horrible, phony dialogue, tissue-paper characters. I'd wanted to see this on the big screen but never got around to it - glad I didn't waste my money. It's as though someone DELIBERATELY SET OUT to write a bad movie... after following the instructions they found in Altman's "The Player". There's no point discussing the acting or lack thereof, as none of the cast was required to do anything beyond show up and dress up.
Instead of character development, we get obsessive blood and gore to satisfy shallowly sanctimonious filmmakers that they're sending a Serious Message about the Ickiness of War...oh, PLEASE. How 'Meese Commission' can you get?
When I think of how much money is spent to make blockbusters like this one, and how little money is spent on something as basic as plot and dialogue, it really saddens me. There should have been a little disclaimer in the credits: "No screenwriters were harmed during the making of this film."