A paint-by-numbers war movie

Rating: 5/10 (27 March 2014)

Mel Gibson's buttock-challenging 138-minute Vietnam War marathon is a B-grade movie with all the usual Yank stereotypes, though it stops short of triumphalism.
Surprisingly, Gibson (starring in a role better suited to Ben Affleck) sees fit to include a grudging nod to the heroism and brilliance of the Viet Cong, who successfully defended their homeland against the imperialist American invaders despite being outnumbered 2:1.
The movie ends on a pessimistic note which foreshadows the humiliating defeat America would eventually suffer in 1975. I found this deeply satisfying.
WWS is worth watching at least once, if you're into war movies. Alas, no role for Neville Gorman this time.
I rate 'We Were Soldiers' at 16.65 on the Haglee Scale, which works out as a solid 5/10 on IMDb.