Not since "All Is Quiet On The Western Front."

Rating: 10/10 (6 March 2002)

There must be at least one war movie I have not seen. Then again, maybe not.

"Wings" was my first, about 1935. Next came Lew Ayers in "All Is Quiet," in re-release. Somewhere in there I saw "Birth Of a Nation."

Then we went into WWII, and Korea, and Viet Nam, then Panama, Grenada, Desert Storm, Somalia, Bosnia, and now Afghanistan. After all the wars and subsequent films, I can only say, "We Were Soldiers," is the most brilliant, graphic, ghastly, realistic, ugliest piece of carnage ever put on film. Mel Gibson, cast, and crew reach a new level of excellence.

This is an unforgettable film no matter how much you might want to put it behind you. As for me, I still trembled sitting through the credits.