Swing and a miss

Rating: Null/10 (25 January 1999)

Don't get me wrong. I loved Das Boot, Apocolypse Now, Saving Private Ryan, Ran and all those other "difficult" war films.
However, I must not have "gotten" this film. I felt the writing tried too hard to be "deep" and was simply confusing.

One more pet peeve, some war movies, especially colors ones ("Hamburger Hill being the worst) make the mistake of casting too many average build, average complexion dark-haired men in leading roles and sometimes it's just hard to know who's who.
Nolte was brilliant as was the company commander. George Clooney was tacked on, but Cusack played a minor role well.