Its good, but it isnt the best

Rating: Null/10 (25 April 2004)

I honestly liked this movie. I wont call it the greatest Viet Nam movie of all time, that goes to Dear America by far. The sounds of UH-1D "huey" helicopters roaring in at nap of the earth levels, door gunners putting out suppressive fire with their bungee mounted M-60's, the white phosphorus grenade that tragically maimes a sky trooper. All of that stuff was as accurate as it gets. But what about the bayonet charge that didn't happen. In fact its never
mentioned in the book. What about the Air Cav troopers of 2/7 that went in to replace the 1/7 only to get chewed up in an ambush. Harold Moore says that they finally got a movie about the Viet Nam war right. Well, not totally. Is this movie worth your time and money? Absolutely! But it isn't the greatest Viet Nam movie. If you liked this movie, try to find a copy of Dear America.