A haunting, evocative masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (2 February 1999)

The Thin Red Line is a haunting, evocative masterpiece. The battle scenes (when they finally arrive) are vivid and brutal, but they are presented in the context of a philosophical meditation on war. Although war may seem to alienate man from nature, it is actually a manifestation nature. Beauty and horror are one--two sides of one great mystery.