If you want to know what the VietNam war was really like, this is the film to see.

Rating: 7/10 (28 February 2002)

WE WERE SOLDIERS ***_ War Drama Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear
In 1965, 350 US troops arrive by helicopter at Landing Strip X-Ray in VietNam. They soon learn they have landed virtually on the doorstep of 4000 North Vietnamese soldiers.
The movie is based on Lt. Harold Moore's book about an actual event in the early days of US involvement in VietNam. Zillions of explosions, but explosions are not out of place here. It's very well done and believable. The film is extremely graphic in its depiction of the violence and futility of war. If you want to know what the VietNam war was really like, this is the film to see.