Serious head wounds only possible excuse for such dialogue

Rating: 1/10 (3 June 2004)

The dialogue here between these soldiers sounds more like the Peyote inspired conversation of some freshmen philosophy majors.

It's just so overwrought and tries to hammer its points of war is bad, the beauty within, and every other obvious pop psychology theme of the last half century.
Caviezel is excellent and gives his usual and unique from another world performance as does Penn. Nolte however must have been taking the drug he was linked with during a DUI arrest for longer than we knew. His performance is simply terrible. Granted his roll was written by people who obviously see the military as a collection of every cliche and neurotic type possible. Your typical Hollywood writer knows few people outside those in his various therapy session groups. Who in Hollywood is sane?
The people in this production have read way too much Mailer and have seen Apocalypse Now too often. Perhaps doing so under the influence of the above mentioned Peyote.