The cast consists of Sean Penn , Nick Nolte , Ben Chaplin , John Cusack , Woody Harrelson , George Clooney , John Travolta, and John C. Reilly . The filmmakers also present the audience with the usual big budget action sceens, consisting of explosions and gory war sceens. These sceens supply the audience with further understanding of the chaos that took place during this time period. The Thin Red Line attempts to grant the audience an understanding of human nature as a whole, or a different look towards the subject. It provides the audience with the realization that humans are the cause of all evil.
Humans are the cause of war, hatred, death, destruction.
In essence, humans can create a world built on principles of love and harmony, but chooses not to due to their pride, their envy, and their need to dominate others. The Thin Red Line also provides the audience with a totally different type of filmmaking. It incorporates motion picture with poetry, literature, and art to depict a fictional story placed in the War of Guadalcanal. It transcends from the typical war movie in three ways. Third, the high character development found in this film is not characteristic of other war films.