Surprisingly old-fashioned for a contemporary war movie about Vietnam; with an overt deification of the Mel Gibson character.

Rating: Null/10 (18 September 2002)

There's not much new with this typical-for-the-times, gung-ho tribute to Viet-nam vets. The combat scenes display the up-front, cinematic tactics currently on display in most recent war films, but the emphasis on the John-Wayne qualities of the Gibson character (and his family) are corny in the worse way. The script jams the sentiments down your throat, and the music score sounds like judgment day. Absolutely no new insights are presented in another movie that will make you glad you missed that war!