Engaging, factual and engrossing! Excellent drama.

Rating: 10/10 (12 July 2011)

700+ people have taken the time to review this before me so i won't delve into the plot. Obviously a war film, Vietnam war. Just spent an engrossing 5 hours watching this. The film is only just over 2 hours, but i had to go out to do some shopping, in between the ironing and pause it whenever my daughter entered the room (not advisable for U18's). After the first 10 min, it had me hooked, and did not let go until the credits started rolling! Non biased, tried to tell it from both sides about the capture of a specific landmark. Absolutely not a bad accompaniment to the dreaded ironing chore. Now i am supposed to make up 10 lines to complete this review so here goes the filler. Mel is an utterly believable soldier as is his wife. Credit the cast and direction, I have watched many a film where i remember during the film that these are just acting, and this is just pretend. Not here, very emotional, engaging and believable. Shame what has become of Mel, because he was/ is a damn good actor!