A group of young elite commandos, led by Captain Drummond are tasked with collecting highly classified information that can change the fate of the war.A group of young elite commandos, led by Captain Drummond are tasked with collecting highly classified information that can change the fate of the war.A group of young elite commandos, led by Captain Drummond are tasked with collecting highly classified information that can change the fate of the war.
Chi Mancho
- Cole
- (as Francis Mancho)
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What the actual F@#@.
Probably the worst film ever, Eckhart and Meyers must be desperate. Joke of a film.
Uniforms, props and storyline, it's like a ten year old write the script. The people involved in creating this film should be embarrassed and banned from making anymore. Udo Keir makes better movies.
The cast will likely never be offered any other roles ever again. I literally cannot stress how bad this film is and anyone dho marked it more than 1 star must be very easily pleased or have no clue about the military. If I could have given this movie a minus I would have, the director needs to be arrested for assaulting my senses.
Probably the worst film ever, Eckhart and Meyers must be desperate. Joke of a film.
Uniforms, props and storyline, it's like a ten year old write the script. The people involved in creating this film should be embarrassed and banned from making anymore. Udo Keir makes better movies.
The cast will likely never be offered any other roles ever again. I literally cannot stress how bad this film is and anyone dho marked it more than 1 star must be very easily pleased or have no clue about the military. If I could have given this movie a minus I would have, the director needs to be arrested for assaulting my senses.
Don't know who they hired as military advisor on this movie or if they even had one. Uniforms were wrong, ranks were wrong, military courtesies were wrong, weapons were wrong for the time period. Acting was bad which I did not expect with actors like Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Thomas Janes in the cast. I know it's a movie and for entertainment but as a retired Marine with over twenty three years of active service as well as a history buff I was greatly disappointed in the film it had just too many errors to be enjoyed. I can't believe that I paid $15 for this movie that I will probably never watch again.
The lack of any effort to have a military consultant chime in and just fix the basic stuff around military customs and courtesy, or rank structure would have given this movie an additional 3 stars from me.
Any recently discharged servicemember could have been hired for peanuts, probably just a movie credit alone, as a consultant to this movie, and it wouldn't have pissed off a generation of veterans, and would have improved the script.
- Captains do not give orders to Lt. Colonels.
- Junior Non-Commissioned Officers do not command 50 guys at a forward operating base.
- Superiors do not address their juniors as sir. It is a courtesy shown to the higher rank.
Any recently discharged servicemember could have been hired for peanuts, probably just a movie credit alone, as a consultant to this movie, and it wouldn't have pissed off a generation of veterans, and would have improved the script.
Why was Lt Col Miller showing the rank of a full bird col? Why were they calling a corporal Sir & how did he get command of a firebase? It was a shocking movie . Terrible script & pretty bad acting. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone .. rating 0 star. I myself am a Vietnam Veteran Australian army 1971 - 72 & found the movie bland & unmatchable. I'm finding it hard to submit the required number of characters so I can submit this review. All I can say is don't waste your time watching this movie. I can't see how anyone could submit the required characters .. my main question is the Lt Col showing rank full bird Col?
It's a shame three things spoilt what could have been a reasonably good film. Firstly, Aaron Eckhart is a great actor so I hope they paid him well for the day it took to shoot his scenes on a the one set. He was shoehorned into the movie so they could use his name. Secondly, who builds a camp in hostile territory with no walls or lookouts? An open playground would have had more protection from the rain of enemy bullets. And lastly, the dog. Let's not forget the dog. For a tracker dog that is supposed to lead the way while straining on it's leash, the damn thing had to be dragged everywhere. Where did the production company get it? The local pound? The actors were good, the concept was good, the cinematography was good. Just a damn shame the production was lacking.
Did you know
- TriviaThe aircraft seen at "Da Nang" air field include: B-47 and B-52 bombers as well as F-4 and F-111 fighters.
- GoofsCharacter talks about MREs having one gram of fiber. MREs were not used in Vietnam. In Vietnam they used C or K rations. MREs were not used until the 1980s.
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $26,305
- Runtime
- 1h 44m(104 min)
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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