VERY FINE AND GORY WAR STORY

Rating: 8/10 (27 February 2002)

We were fortunate enough to have Col. Moore at the preview here in Charlotte tonight, and I am sure that his chest inflated with pride at the showing. Mel Gibson gave his always fine performance and although the scenes were gory, (thats war) the reinactment was very realalistic. If you like another look at war this is a more personal look at the lives of our combat soldiers, as opposed to Black Hawk Down which did not get into the lives of the soldiers. The main characters in the cast did a fine job, including Madelaine Stowe, Sam Elliot (minus the mustache) and the improving Greg Kinnear.