While the initial investigation bears out Captain Walden's worthiness, inconsistencies in the accounts of several soldiers force Serling to dig deeper to get at the truth. Edward Zwick's direction is tight and he stages the battle sequences very effectively. Colors are strongly saturated, yet the flesh tones are completely natural. Intense red lighting is used during one of the combat sequenced and it is solidly reproduced without any signs of breakup. Additionally, there is no chromatic distortion or smearing anywhere in the picture.
Blacks are deep and inky, plus the image boasts excellent shadow detail and depth.
The film element used for the transfer is virtually pristine, although a bit of grain does crop up from time to time. Overall, another excellent transfer from Fox. Like the visual quality, the Dolby Digital 5.1 channel soundtrack is a complete winner as well. The combat scenes are aggressively mixed, making use of the entire 360 sound field with roaring choppers, blaring gunfire and ground shaking explosions. Split surround effects are very well deployed, in case my previous comment didn't make that fact clear.