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Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

philiphigley-07679 Its old but not gold. Terrible acting and writing. This feels like a hollywood movie that has been made in two weeks. It shows that the soldiers faced hard ods but i dont think its good enogh to diserve a score of 7.2

dbrownridge If you have watched a lot of war movies, you'll know America has pumped out more than any nation, hence you've already had a taste of U.S. war propaganda: ie. a classic example is seen in this movie where every U.S. soldier who sticks their head up an inch is shot, EXCEPT for the commander who can strut around upright or stand stock still without even a wound. This represents American bravery, more accurately 'guts' or 'balls'. Another classic example goes as far back as the old Westerns, but it is such a well-loved cliché they use it ad infinitum - it is the scene where the enemy hurl themselves headlong into a slaughter while the Yanks hunker down and mow them down like wheat before a rainstorm. Yes, I know sometimes you have to rush a position but usually you'll soften it up first with grenades or mortars. The VC in this movie have about 5 grenades and no mortars, apparently. I like how the 1st platoon is pinned down with like 5 guys left and the VC just keep rushing in again and again - NOT throwing in a single grenade which would have finished it right there. These are just two of many examples. Good grief. I've heard of suspension of disbelief but this movie invokes suspension of total brain function. The first time I saw it I couldn't finish it. It's been a decade and I tried again today - desperate for movies here in China. Again, I couldn't cut it. Two-thirds through I pulled the pin. RIP you piece of crap. Even an old John Wayne movie is more real.

Kay L.P. After watching the film , I felt completely speechless. With all the massacre scenes in the film, I thought the US is the one who won the war, not the one who left its partner, South Vietnam, behind in desperation. My question is: how could it be so easy for American troops to kill VCs in the film? If it really were like the way the movie depicted, the US would haven't needed Search&Destroy operations for years. I still remember in the series "Vietnam in HD", real American vets usually said "NVA troops are smart as hell" and I don't think they would agree with this film. We were soldiers is nothing but a slap to ones who actually served in Vietnam.In my opinion, if you want to watch a real film about Vietnam War, Platoon and Apocalypse Now are definitely great options.

UKfootball21 SPOILERS BELOW!!! I cannot believe this movie is rated as high as it is.You will be able to predict every bit of this re-tread war movie - nothing is original. Go ahead and skip the first 40 minutes because I can summarize it in a few sentences: Mel Gibson can't act, nor can he pull off a southern accent. Mel's character has a doting wife and five children and he prays really hard so god can let him kill bad guys and military life is tough on the whole family. And there are other wives, too. One is a minority and one is retarded.Then Mel prays with his soldiers like a kid prays to Santa. Then they go to a golf course in Northern California and pretend they are in Viet Nam. The worst set/location I've ever seen in a war movie. They didn't even try - unless you think Viet Nam is mostly 6-inch tall grass and a few 15-foot birch trees planted by a landscaper a week before.The filmmakers were obviously aware that the golf course didn't look very real, which really blew the cinematography. They had to frame every shot so that it didn't reach beyond 20 feet and reveal the potted trees they drag around as the "jungle." Along the way, they throw in every single war movie cliché you could ever imagine and a person who has never seen the movie will probably be able guess most of the lines before they are said.This is trash.