TOTALLY ridiculous

Rating: 1/10 (8 July 2009)

Bad acting by Nicolas Cage. I mean, REALLY bad. "I can't do my duty!!" Absolutely nothing to do with Navajo code talkers. I'm not even sure why they are in the movie.
Supposedly on Saipan (a tropical island) but obviously filmed when it was cold. Everyone is wearing t-shirts. It looked like an old 1960s Audie Murphy war movie. Everyone is wearing clean uniforms with just a few sweat spots. The only battle these soldiers have been in is who can get to the shower first.
The battle scenes are also lame. Lots of explosions and casualties, not not realistic at all.
Nicolas Cage tries to channel every one-man, bad-ass action hero of the past 25 years but with artistic talent and an ability to speak Japanese.
There is also the requisite swipes at unPC, insensitive behavior (making fun of native Americans), the Catholic church, the Marine Corps and who knows what other institutions I missed. Standard themes of self-sacrifice, redemption, humanity above duty, yada, yada, yada.
Total BS.