Wow, the trailer for this movie looked promising. I was looking forward to a good movie about the Gulf War. I got a mediocre movie about the Gulf War. Alot of people go see war movies to see what war is like without having to actually go there. I...
- 07.October.2009
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- by: Petri33
- Petri33 rated this movie
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Wow, the trailer for this movie looked promising. I was looking forward to a good movie about the Gulf War. I got a mediocre movie about the Gulf War. Alot of people go see war movies to see what war is like without having to actually go there. I think some, like Saving Private Ryan and to some extent Platoon, give an accurate representation of what that war was like. From what I read from Marines that served in the Gulf War and what friends who served have told me, the Gulf War and Marines in general are nothing like those portrayed in this movie. From the complete lack of discipline to the disregard for superior officers, the soldiers in this movie behave more like you'd expect mercenaries or pirates to behave like than highly-trained Marines. This lack of realism from a movie that supposedly shows real events really overshadowed the rest of the movie for me.
This movie barely squeezed by with a R-rating. Some might think it deserves a NC-17 rating. There is as much violence as Saving Private Ryan as well as plenty of sexual references and even a graphic sex scene. This movie takes the F word to a new level.
I enjoyed some of this movie including his boot camp experience and part of Desert Storm, but the lack of realism really kills this movie as realism is what a 'based on a true story' should be trying to acheive.
- 07.October.2009
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- by: Petri33
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I liked it
we got used to full-of-bombing-and-action war films, but this one is different. this is what this whole interesting story is based on- soldiers that just waiting for something to happen. sounds boring, but it's so not. watch it and you'll see.
- 02.November.2008
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- by: Noa
- Noa rated this movie0/10
I liked it
we got used to full-of-bombing-and-action war films, but this one is different. this is what this whole interesting story is based on- soldiers that just waiting for something to happen. sounds boring, but it's so not. watch it and you'll see.
- 02.November.2008
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- by: Noa
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A realistic war movie
I guess this is one of the most realistic war movies I've seen, if you'd like to know what the army is real like watch this movie.
- 03.September.2008
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- by: lior
- lior rated this movie
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A realistic war movie
I guess this is one of the most realistic war movies I've seen, if you'd like to know what the army is real like watch this movie.
- 03.September.2008
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- by: lior
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