Powerful War Film!

Rating: 9/10 (6 November 2011)

We Were Soldiers, in 2002, was the most powerful war movie audiences had seen since Saving Private Ryan was released four years previously. Black Hawk Down is a great war movie but that does not live up to this or Saving Private Ryan. This movie like Platoon did showed the atrocities of the Vietnam War and showed them well.
This film is about the 7th Calvary stuck in "the Death Valley" with thousands of North Vietnamese soldiers surrounding them and their struggle to get out of harm's way.
The acting is what blew me away about the film. Mel Gibson gives his strongest performance since Braveheart. Barry Pepper as the photojournalist gave me a few tears with his realistic portrayal.
Overall, this is a true war film with a heart. I could not stop watching the movie and its intense battles. There were some tear jerking scenes helped along with a masterful score by Nick Glenne-Smith. I rate this film a 10/10.