A giant step backward for movie race relations.

Rating: 1/10 (20 August 2006)

How could they misrepresent an African American Marine and hero, by having a White actor play his role? It's just another insult to non-white Americans. They didn't even bother to put black-face make-up on him. At least in the bad old days of American movies, white men attempted to at least look like the minorities whose heritage they were misrepresenting.
I hate that I participated in this fraud. Too many African Americans have been denied their rightful place in American history. Oliver Stone should have never allowed this insult to happen. He is known for his supposed sensitivity to historical truth. It is ironic that at the most crucial time were the truth should have been told, he contributed to perpetuating the one of the biggest lies of all time.
The greatest crime against African America is not slavery. It is the theft of their positive identity and cultural contributions. This movie is a tragic representation of that crime. What a disappointment!