I tried to give it a chance!

Rating: Null/10 (2 October 2002)

Not being the biggest war movie fan in the world, maybe what I'm about to say may be slightly biased. It has to be said though that this film is appalling.
It's badly scripted, badly acted (step forward Mr Gibson, overacter of the year) and is full of every cliche in the book (extras who are clearly there to be killed looking longingly at pictures of there beautiful wives etc).

There a plenty of excellent and very different Vietnam films out there (Deer Hunter, Platoon) and plenty of excellent war films that actually have something to say (the criminally underrated A Midnight Clear). This film is neither original, nor does it have anything to say. Please do yourself a favour and DONT WATCH IT!