NOT A WAR MOVIE

Rating: Null/10 (11 March 2000)

This is an art film, not a war movie. It is a bunch of fascinating vignettes that are not really connected and the director made little effort to try to tie the characters or the situations together. There was a strong enough physical resemblance amongst some of the characters, especially with dirty fatigues and helmets on, that one has difficulty following which character is which.This really could have been developed into several good movies as the stories within the story had stand alone merit and the cast was impressive.The lack of cohesiveness in the various story- lines-unless you count the tired "madness of war" angle is what kept the individual subplots from being collectively impressive and is why this film died at the box office.The impressive parts make me want to see more from this director but the weak whole does not let me recommend it.