I walked out

Rating: Null/10 (27 May 2002)

I couldn't take more than an hour of this cheese fest (and I NEVER walk out on movies, and generally like well done war films). I went under appropriate circumstances, to a matinee at a dollar theater on Memorial Day. Silly dialogue. Weak, one-dimensional characters with large families and beautiful and shallow wives. Presumably, this will produce great sorrow when they are heroically slaughtered later in the film and sad strings crescendo. Mel Gibson's southern accent was quite humorous as well. I just expected much more from the "Braveheart" team. See that one again, or "Platoon", "Apocalypse Now", or "Full Metal Jacket" if you need a Vietnam flick. Avoid this one. You've been warned. 1/10.