Boring and too long

Rating: 5/10 (24 May 2004)

After 105 minutes I stopped to watch it because my wife didn´t like it or she likes not every war movie such this one. TRL is a mix of psycho, action, terror and war. What I didn´t like was that I waited 45 minutes until the first action scene came. Then it was disturbing how long the story takes to show you how to combat a japanese bunker. The role of the nonstop crying Nick Nolte was disturbing because he was too loud. John Travolta was ridiculous and not credible enough. I have nothing against him because I like him very much in other movies.
The best actor for me was Jim Caviezel. I won´t be surprised if he wins one time an Oscar. The action scenes were well executed. The story is slow paced, too long and very predictable. I enjoyed therefore the nice picture. The characters were well developed but what helps this if the other missing elements doesn´t contribute to an interesting war movie. For me it doesn´t deserve more than 5/10. I have my respect to all war veterans. Instead I highly recommend the top-mini-series "BAND OF BROTHERS".