good, but slow

Rating: Null/10 (12 May 2002)

here it is, yet another 'Nam-story. And it does exactly the same thing so many other Hollywood-war-movies does: While the action sequences are top-notch and all 'Nam-footage was really good as well as the actors, everything before Gibson and his company goes to vietnam is just overly sappy and crappy. I know that is propably is useful to the films as far as establishing characters, but it's just too hollywood. And what is wrong with Madeleine Stowes upper lip? Anyways, the vietnam scenes are great and mostly succeeds in making up for the "wifeycrap".... And I really liked the fact that you for once has the chance to see the vietcongs as other than just cold killingmachines. so 3/5 just for the 'nam-scenes.