Objective study of the Vietnam Conflict

Rating: 9/10 (28 February 2002)

While carrying the burden of being a big budget Hollywood production this movie manages to provide a different perspective to norm on the conflict in Vietnam. There's plenty of emotional gut wrenching hollywood epic feel to keep the audience drawn to the story and some of the most graphic war footage ever filmed. It succeeds in depicting the war in Vietnam, and more importantly the poor treatment of Vietnam Vets and their families on home soil during the conflict.