One is the fictional story of the first woman to receive a Medal of Honor for heroism in combat and the investigation that was required before the medal was awarded. The other concerns the destruction of an American tank by friendly fire and how that incident affected the man who gave the mistaken order to fire. This movie lead to long and involved discussions on these topics with our son. This is a war movie with frequent profanity and some death. The brief view of the tank commander's charred body is gruesome but there is artistic justification for this since the tragedy of his death is a driving force of the plot.
Alcohol abuse is shown.
The villain, Monfriez, when confronted with his crime, commits suicide by driving his truck into an oncoming train. It should be pointed out to children who see this film that every time Monfriez is called upon to make any moral or life affecting decision, he makes the wrong choice. Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Matt Damon, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty, Scott Glenn, Bronson Pinchot, Seth Gilliam, Sean Astin, Regina Taylor. Iraq had a like amount. Because the economies of the Western industrialized nations were dependent on Arab oil, the West, lead by the United States, was forced to go to war with Iraq to liberate Kuwait.