Storyline
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
Directors
Cast
George Cheung, Brian Tee, Daniel Roebuck, Ryan Hurst, Jim Grimshaw, Barry Pepper, Keith Szarabajka, Luke Benward, Jon Hamm, Clark Gregg, Chris Klein, Keri Russell, Marc Blucas, Sam Elliott, Greg Kinnear, Patrick St. Esprit, Jsu Garcia, Mike White, Taylor Momsen, Randy Oglesby, Mel Gibson, Johnny Trí Nguyễn, Jonathan Parks Jordan, Madeleine Stowe, Desmond Harrington, Danny Le Boyer, Josh Daugherty, Bellamy Young, Dylan Walsh, Devon Werkheiser, Forry Smith, Robert Bagnell, Tim Abell, Blake Heron, Erik MacArthur, Mark McCracken, Đơn Dương, Sloane Momsen, Simbi Khali, Steven Nelson, Vincent Angell, Michael Tomlinson, Dan Beene, Vien Hong, Joseph Hieu, Shepard Koster, Stephen Zapotoczny, Ben Allison, Brian Carpenter, Brendan Ford, Justin Gordon, Shannon M. Hart, Will Klipstine, Matt Mangum
Trailer
Reviews
80
Washington Post
You don't really watch the film; you survive it.
80
Gibson may get top billing, but it's Sam Elliott who steals all the scenes. As Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley, a man who fires with his own .45 revolver rather than the standard M-16 rifles, he's full of hilariously colorful comments.
70
Newsweek
A powerful and moving experience -- once it overcomes its clunky, badly written and clichéd first act.
70
Manages to evoke a complex series of reactions. It both frustrates with its unrelenting sentimentality and impresses with the overwhelming physicality of its combat sequences. These in turn are so powerful they take on a life of their own, sending a message that is probably quite opposite to the one the filmmakers intended.
70
Isn't a great movie; I'd say it's barely a good one. But it's a war movie that at least acknowledges the distinction between macho and masculinity, always putting the dignity of the latter over the bluster of the former.
