Awesome John Woo film, that's also a really good War film as well, with a great story and top notch performances!

Rating: 9/10 (6 April 2006)

This is an awesome John Woo film, that's also a really good War film as well, with a great story and top notch performances!. All the characters are cool, and there is plenty of exciting War action as well, plus Nicolas Cage is simply amazing in this. It's extremely violent and bloody, and I thought Cage worked extremely well with Adam Beach and had awesome chemistry with him, plus the opening is memorable and quite sad. This film is really underrated in my opinion, and there are so many explosions to enjoy as well, plus you will feel for Cage's character and root for him. It also has some good humorous moments, and I thought the ending was the best part in the film as it was so sad and very emotional, plus it's pretty well made and written. While it did have a long running time, there was so much action that it didn't bother me, and while it's not the best War film it's certainly a really good one, plus Cage had a really cool training scene in this one with him running on the beach!. This is an awesome John Woo film, that's also a really good War film as well, with a great story and top notch performances, and I say it's a must see!. The Direction is awesome!. John Woo does an awesome! job here with excellent camera work, cool angles great shots during the battle scenes and lots of other cool shots as well, plus he kept the film at a very fast pace.
There is tons and tons of violence. We get tons and tons of extremely bloody gunshot wounds,tons of bloody impaling's ,plenty of stabbing's ,countless people are blown up in graphic detail, lots of blown off legs ,bloody slit throat ,extremely gory decapitation and lots more.
The Acting is top notch!. Nicolas Cage is amazing as always and is amazing here,he is extremely likable but a man with a haunted past, and we feel for him, and start to root for him, as you know he's been through a lot, I also loved the way he took command in the battle scenes, he was so intense, he also had fantastic chemistry with Adam Beach, he was amazing! (Cage Rules!!!!!!!!). Adam Beach is fantastic here, he worked really well with Cage, was vulnerable, very likable, had a good charm, and also had a very good scene at the end I really liked him!. Mark Ruffalo is really good here with what he had to do in his role, surprising to see him in this type of film though, still he was great! (Ruffalo Rules!!). Peter Stormare ,Noah Emmerich and Brian Van Holt are all excellent in there roles. Brian Van Holt did good with what he had to do. Christian Slater didn't have much to do but shined when he was on screen I just wished had more of it, he did a very honorable thing in this film! (Slater Rules!!!!!!!). Roger Willie is excellent in his role, I liked the music he played and he had some great scenes with Slater, I really liked him. Frances O'Connor did well with what she had to do which was not much. Rest of the cast do fine.
Overall a must see!. **** out of 5