Boring

Rating: Null/10 (2 September 2002)

I was really looking forward to watching this, because I enjoy Vietnam War movies. However, this is just Full Metal Jacket's training sequence with Platoon's plot grafted on.
This story of an infantry platoon or company going through Advanced Infantry Training (the Tigerland of the title) is strung together by unlikelihoods and cliches and as a result, it's as _boring_ as you'd expect getting ready for war would be. "Tigerland" is supposed to be really tough, but that somehow never registers on either the writers or the viewer. It looks like just more training. So what? Another thing is that the standards for preparation for movies like this has risen and risen - the main protagonist looks like he doesn't know how to even hold a rifle. Lots of series have real military people prepare the actors (Daly Dye and his work for 84 Charlie Mopic, Tour Of Duty, etc. comes to mind) - I wonder whether this was the case for Tigerland.
Anyway, it didn't live up to the hype. Or the video cover.