Nothing New

Rating: 5/10 (7 March 2002)

There have been many realistic war movies in recent years. This is just another one. Nothing new here.
What sticks with me is the overly sappy tone of the beginning of the film, such as where Colonel Moore's (Mel Gibson's) baby daughter asks him "Daddy, what's war?" C'mon.
At the film's climax, Moore orders his men to fix bayonettes and charge the enemy. Only that never happened. In other words, the climax of this supposedly true film was invented. Why did the filmmakers do that? It undercuts the integrity of the whole film.
I gave the movie a 5. It's okay, but it's just another war film.