Vietnam, before we knew.

Rating: Null/10 (28 April 2002)

A pretty good war film, although not in the same class as SPR. This is essentially an actioner. The plot is historically driven but doesn't cut that deep.The great difference between this movie and other "Nam" flicks is that we see the American soldiers much as we have seen them in the earlier conflicts like Korea and WW2. There is none of the jaded attitudes, drug use, psychedelic meanderings and "those folks back home don't understand" mentality that appears in so many other movies based on the same conflict. This shows the American's as determined fighting troops, with a true professional soldier's mindset.An attitude that I believe, was the rule, not the exception,in the Vietnam conflict.It is a shame that so many other director's see fit to dwell on those negative aspects.For this reason alone, WWS is worth seeing. That, and Madeline Stowe's new colagen lips? (what's up with that?)