"Where the metal meets the meat!"

Rating: Null/10 (26 March 2002)

I am sure that this film spoke to some, possibly Vietnam veterans or their families, but I personally thought this film was another example of a terrible Hollywood melodramatic indulgence. Even though I was thoroughly disturbed by the terrible violence being portrayed on screen, I didn't want the narrative to leave the intensity of the ongoing battle. Because every time it did, we were subjected to the incredibly cheesy and TERRIBLE dialogue ("Where the metal meets the meat!!!"). I understand the need for us (I'm American myself) to feel patriotic after the terrible tragedies faced this year, but glorifying ourselves in this over the top fashion, which attempts to find victory in a war we all now know was lost before it ever began, just does not seem the way to go about it. If you want a good war film with amazing battle sequences, then this film will probably suit. However, I'd bring lots of crackers to go with all the cheese contained throughout.