ranks up w/ saving private Ryan and enemy at the gates.

Rating: Null/10 (16 July 2004)

"We Were Soldiers" is one the best war films ever put on screen. Director Randall Wallace puts you in the middle of the battle with intense realism and graphic carnage. The acting is top-notch, with Mel Gibson as Hal Moore, the leader of the 7th cavalry division, and Madeleine Stowe as his wife back at home. The fusion of battle sequences and the emotional scenes of wives back at home getting their notices from the U.S. Army about their dead husbands is flawless. The battle sequences, though accurate, are relentlessly graphic and unforgiving and should not be seen by young children. They rank up there with the Omaha Beach battle in "Saving Private Ryan". Other than that, the film is excellent and ranks up as one of the best war films I've ever seen.