Does Uncle Sam Still Want You?

Rating: Null/10 (30 June 2003)

I don't think Uncle Sam would be encouraging young men to join the U.S. Army if he saw the way those two drill sergeants (especially that bad bald one) were beating the crap out of new recruits. To them, though, that's their way of toughening these men up to become ferocious fighting machines. After that stinkbomb "8MM", it's nice to see Joel Schumacher directing a nice and normal (albeit very foul-mouthed) movie again. Colin Farrell, in his first American film, gives a wonderful performance.
This is not a very long movie, unlike other Vietnam War epics, and the concentration on mainly character development and not on action means it's not for die-hard action fans. It's probably worth seeing once just as a curiousity piece.
My rating: ** out of ****