Another Heart of Darkness

Rating: 10/10 (22 January 2005)

there have been many touching movies about war in the last dozens of years - Platoon, Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket, We Were Soldiers, only to mention a few which are favorites of mine. The Thin Red Line not only keeps up this high quality but it's bearing even more. this movie is different. it has got a distinct flavour to it, unavoidably getting a firm grasp upon its audience due to its emotional method of showing the gasp between life and death, beauty and cruelty, light and darkness. this movie is a poetic nightmare inscened with intense pictures and words that go straightly towards the heart. The Thin Red Line manages to keep you spellbound in a way that is hard to describe, and after you've seen this movie, you can't deny the bitter-sweet taste of war remaining on your tongue. personally, i felt like something within me has died in this movie. the actors, the score, the dialogues - screenplay in general is a very impressive masterwork and deserves high respect!