Cast of Newcomers bring this film to life

Rating: 8/10 (26 April 2002)

When this film was released at the cinema in the U.k. I heard lots of complaints because it was at very few cinemas, what I was not that fussed about at the time because I didn't know to much about the film.
But with the many positive reviews I read in many film magazines I decided to buy it when it was released on DvD at my local film store.
So that night when I sent down to watch it I was completely fixed on my television screen because of the great storyline and great characters that you hated, liked and felt sorry for.
This film really showed the horror of war and this was before they had got to Vietnam yet.
The best character in the film has to be Private Roland Bozz(Colin Farrell) who took all of your attention every time he was on screen which make sense as he was the main character, and who would of thought the actor from the BallyKissAngel would ever get this big.
But all of the actors who played the young recruits were very good and also the high ranking soldiers were great also with some of them really making you hate them conpletely, and that most be great for an actor who is playing that sort of charactor because it shows they have played them well.
THis sort of film makes you not want to join the army and it also shows you what a war can do to people in these emotional and stressful times.
So Tigerland is one of them films that you wish people took more interest in when it was at the cinema because it deserved it.
Even if the director of Batman & Robin was directing it, he has completely redeemed himself in my eye.
Rent it now or buy it you will not regret it
8/10