Three abandoned soldiers seek payback against their unit after being deserted in Vietnam. Their discovery of missing troops in a local village triggers betrayals and forces them to make cost... Read allThree abandoned soldiers seek payback against their unit after being deserted in Vietnam. Their discovery of missing troops in a local village triggers betrayals and forces them to make costly choices.Three abandoned soldiers seek payback against their unit after being deserted in Vietnam. Their discovery of missing troops in a local village triggers betrayals and forces them to make costly choices.
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The Good... In the film making industry they say that story is king, and this story is a good as it gets!
The Okay... The acting is good for the most part, but certain dialog deliveries, handling of weapons, and urgency of wartime shots are wooden and uninspired.
The Ugly... The special effects are clearly budget level. As long as you don't allow them to take you out of the movie's experience, you will really enjoy this film.
The Okay... The acting is good for the most part, but certain dialog deliveries, handling of weapons, and urgency of wartime shots are wooden and uninspired.
The Ugly... The special effects are clearly budget level. As long as you don't allow them to take you out of the movie's experience, you will really enjoy this film.
It's a trap! lol
Only cast or crew could have written those!
So bad, it's like the terrible movie production company, "Asylum" hired Spike Lee to make this one.
I suffered through thirty minutes before needing to bleach my eyes.
Only cast or crew could have written those!
So bad, it's like the terrible movie production company, "Asylum" hired Spike Lee to make this one.
I suffered through thirty minutes before needing to bleach my eyes.
Poor mans version of Casualties Of War with Sean Penn but it is ultra low budget so you have to keep expectations in line with this which most reviewers forget - Having said that it was a boring story with not much action, most of which was poorly choreographed and very unrealistic, with the usual machine guns firing as if they had unlimited amounts of ammo, silly Vietnamese in brand new cloned bamboo hats and ultra clean clothing which further detracts from the supposed Jungle this is supposed to be set in.
Add to this the copious amount of vulgar language and its a fail.
What is it with film makers these days, they seem to think they have to cater to the lowest common denominator with scenes replete with foul language which in most places is totally unnecessary and it is not just this movie but some of the big ones, heck even Picard and Star Trek are now getting involved; I thought we were supposed to be more advanced in the future but it seems we need the "f" word prefacing every sentence these days to cater for the knuckle draggers that society seems to becoming. The days of great acting, script with no need for intense sex scenes, foul language of the worst kind or brutality seem to be a distant memory - How sad and this is what the younger generation learn from, is it no wonder society is in retrograde evolution. In short this movie exemplifies the lack of intellect and vocabulary in society these days which is very sad, it does not add to the movie, it detracts from the movie which sadly this director seems to have missed - some of us are fed up with it, almost as bad as the woke narrative that also weaves its way into this film, I am just surprised there was not a trans GI or gay scene added for extra wokeness!
The acting was not of stellar variety but it is not as bad as some of the reviews make out; they seem to get better as the film proceeds (Learning on the job methinks) but without a decent script or convincing scenario the thing falls flatter than a snakes belly!
Add to this the copious amount of vulgar language and its a fail.
What is it with film makers these days, they seem to think they have to cater to the lowest common denominator with scenes replete with foul language which in most places is totally unnecessary and it is not just this movie but some of the big ones, heck even Picard and Star Trek are now getting involved; I thought we were supposed to be more advanced in the future but it seems we need the "f" word prefacing every sentence these days to cater for the knuckle draggers that society seems to becoming. The days of great acting, script with no need for intense sex scenes, foul language of the worst kind or brutality seem to be a distant memory - How sad and this is what the younger generation learn from, is it no wonder society is in retrograde evolution. In short this movie exemplifies the lack of intellect and vocabulary in society these days which is very sad, it does not add to the movie, it detracts from the movie which sadly this director seems to have missed - some of us are fed up with it, almost as bad as the woke narrative that also weaves its way into this film, I am just surprised there was not a trans GI or gay scene added for extra wokeness!
The acting was not of stellar variety but it is not as bad as some of the reviews make out; they seem to get better as the film proceeds (Learning on the job methinks) but without a decent script or convincing scenario the thing falls flatter than a snakes belly!
The story is pretty good the acting is a little iffy but still gets the job done.. the special effects are obviously budget but that's expected.. still a great movie. give it a look.
Sorry but not enough sweat for the Nam. Next time hire cast that look like Vietnamese instead of 3rd generation America/Spaniards. Try using an advisor that has time in country. Poor plot, poor story but actors gave it their all. Find another way to waste 2 hours.
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- TriviaPoint Man is the first original narrative Vietnam War film in American cinematic history to shoot on location in Vietnam. Several scenes (including flyover footage in the Huey helicopters) were shot in the Mekong Delta east of Ben Tre. The remainder of international production involved several weeks in Cambodia.
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