Pretty standard war movie fare

Rating: 4/10 (26 December 2002)

War is hell but noble in this formula movie. Take out the special effects and you have a 1950's WWII John Wayne film starring Mel Gibson. Every standard cliche is used. Every tired story-line is once again pushed through the grinder--- from the suffering wives left at home to terrified wounded soldier in the midst of battle. This is not to disparage the real horrors of war but this is a movie that has been done over and over. But maybe we need to keep seeing these sorts of films to remind us civilians of the sacrifices that have been made by our military men and women. On a lighter note: Am I crazy or did Madeleine Stowe's lips bother anyone else besides me? Her lips looked beestung or the doctor got carried away with the collegen injections!