In his attempt to create the intense reality of battle under heavy weapons fire, director Steven Spielberg makes Saving Private Ryan one of the most realistic and heartbreaking war stories ever filmed. You would not want it more intense. You may not want it this intense.
Men die by the score.
Bodies are ripped apart. Hope is buried under an endless fusillade. The Rangers' attempts to reach shore, to move up the beach, to survive the day form the most graphically intense battle sequence yet filmed of modern warfare. It is a scene that would be the climax of most war movies. It is only the beginning of Saving Private Ryan .