We Were Bored

Rating: 4/10 (7 August 2006)

I had high expectations of this Hollywood war epic, but it was obvious from the start that, having gone to war, Mel Gibson would be the only survivor in "his street" and every other soldier from the same street would die.
Typical Hollywood pap.
I originally gave this film 5 but I think I was too generous, and gave it 4, for this comment section.
The movie gives what it wants to give (or shall I say, all it's got to give), and that's loads of blood and gore, messy patriotic dialogue, and it's all very predicable. At no point did I feel any sympathy for any of the characters. That's not me being mean-hearted, it's just the film is so false, yet based on true events.
At 2 hours plus, it is far too long. This movie was dragged out like there's no tomorrow. It all could have been packaged better in 1 hour 35 minutes.
Yet still, it would be a "B" movie. Watch it on video; then you can whizz through the first 45 minutes of uninterrupted lengthy dialogue, and get to the action bits. That's if you like a constant hour of people being shot, bombed and the smell of death on the battle field.
Or, you could just forget it, and watch The Great Escape (1963).