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Mood:
- GloomyRoughSincereSuspensefulCaptivatingTenseBittersweet
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Plot:
- SoldierHeroic MissionMilitary LifeBattlesHeroesMilitaryWartime Life
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Genres:
- DramaHistoricalWar
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Time/Period:
- 20th CenturyVietnam War
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Place:
- AsiaVietnamBattle Zone
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Audience:
- Boys' Night
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Based on:
- Based on BookBased on True Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Flag:
- Strong Violent Content
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We Were Soldiers, 2002
English, Vietnamese, French
USA, Germany
Profile of We Were Soldiers
The mood of We Were Soldiers is gloomy, sincere, and rough. The plot centers around military life, a heroic mission, and heroes. It is a drama, war, and historical movie. In approach, We Were Soldiers is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a battlezone. The setting is Vietnam. We Were Soldiers happens in the 20th century. It is originally a true story and based on a book. It is especially suggested for a boys' night. Note that We Were Soldiers includes strong violent content.
Summary of We Were Soldiers
In 1965, 400 American troops faced an ambush by 2,000 enemy troops in the Ia Drang Valley (also known as the Valley of Death), in one of the most gruesome fights of the Vietnam War. WE WERE SOLDIERS is a detailed recreation of this true story: of the strategies, obstacles, and human cost faced by the troops that participated. The story focuses on the lieutenant colonel that led the attack, Hal Moore (Mel Gibson), and a civilian reporter who accompanied them, Joseph Galloway (Barry Pepper), as well as a number of other soldiers who were involved.
This is an unusual Vietnam film in that it also shows the North Vietnamese perspective on the battle; their leader Lieutenant General Nguyen Huu An (Don Duong) is depicted as a brave soldier and smart commander. And in addition to the many gory battlefield sequences--which seem to have been influenced by SAVING PRIVATE RYAN--we also see how the carnage of war affects those left behind, the soldiers' wives and children. Ultimately this is a moving anti-war film, which, by sticking close to the true stories of real soldiers, very effectively brings home the overwhelming horror of war.
Details
| Language: | English, Vietnamese, French |
| Country: | USA, Germany |
| Release date: | 25 February 2002 |
| Runtime: | 138 min |
Cast and Crew
as Lt. Col. Hal Moore
as Julie Moore
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Critics Reviews
Chicago Tribune
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- by: Michael Wilmington
San Francisco Chronicle
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- by: Mick LaSalle
Users Reviews
- 12.October.2009
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- by: Dan
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- 07.October.2009
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- by: Justinlf84
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