Chillingly Realistic Presentation

Rating: 10/10 (9 August 2009)

This movie is the most realistic war movie that I've ever seen. If you're a vet you'll relate to many of the scenes portrayed in this movie. Not necessarily just the battle footage. Many instances of deja vu were generated in me while watching this movie. (Even though I'm not a Nam veteran.) It's got that "feeling". Non vets won't have a clue as to what I'm referring to; they haven't been there. This movie will make you both laugh and cry in about equal doses. Mr.Gibson has done an outstanding job of portraying a horrific battle in an unpopular war. Seldom does a movie portray the camaraderie that develops between men in military units that transcends both family and friends as does this one. I don't care about how many war pictures you readers have seen, this one will get and hold your attention right from the "get go". I've never seen our (and their) soldiers portrayed more nobly. It's too bad the same can't be said for the people that get us into these situations.