Could have been so good

Rating: 1/10 (3 May 2006)

Could have been a great WWII movie with an original story but it was poorly executed to the 10th degree. It appears to use stock footage from the John Wayne era. It is hard to believe this is a John Woo movie. The violence is completely gratuitous, a total disservices to the story. The body dummies are obvious and the pyrotechnics are visible before they explode. The excellent cast, all of whom deliver good performances, can't save this one. I have to guess the movie had budget problems and was finished by a other than John Woo, one that was smoking peyote. I would love to see this redone correctly. Its just hard to say what happened to this one.