Heroic story bogged down by director and screenplay

Rating: 4/10 (21 January 2007)

Oliver Stone thankfully eliminates conspiracy theories in this drawn out story. He did get me crying in the last ten minutes but it took so darn long to get there.
The dialog was stifling and the fast forward button was constantly in use. It was hard to empathize with the wives and family because there was nothing to empathize with. Of course, the Marine hero comes across as more than wee bit psychotic. I guess the other message is that heroes and goodness just comes from every day people and not super heroes.
Oliver has taken a great 80's career right down the tubes into the beyond.