We Were Soldiers R
400 U.S paratroopers. 4,000 Vietnamese soldiers. 12,000 miles away from home. 1 man led them into battle.
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 18 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 25, 2017
- Originally Released: 2002
- Label: Paramount
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Mel Gibson | |
Performer: | Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell, Barry Pepper, Marc Blucas, Jsu Garcia, Ryan Hurst & Jon Hamm | |
Directed by | Randall Wallace | |
Edited by | William Hoy | |
Screenwriting by | Randall Wallace | |
Composition by | Nick Glennie-Smith | |
Produced by | Bruce Davey, Stephen McEveety & Randall Wallace | |
Director of Photography: | Dean Semler | |
Executive Production by | Arne Schmidt & Jim Lemley |
Entertainment Reviews:
...[The film] impresses with the overwhelming physicality of its combat sequences...
Los Angeles Times
We Were Soldiers is, ultimately, a powerful and moving experience--once it overcomes its clunky, badly written and cliched first act.
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Newsweek
Rating: 3/5 --
One of the most violent movies ever released.
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Common Sense Media
Rating: C --
I was impressed by Wallace's emphasis of Moore's faith, but the violence struck me as excessive, taking valuable time that could have been used to develop characters.
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Looking Closer
Rating: 3/4 --
Probably the best thing you can say about We Were Soldiers is that it does justice to an awful conflict.
Chicago Tribune
Rating: B- --
The war genre, vigorously energized with Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down, takes several steps backward with this old-fashioned moralistic saga, a tribute not only to the soldiers in combat in Vietnam but also to the homefront.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
...This is a true story that brings home the real horror of war, presenting a balanced, thought-provoking record of men who fought...
Total Film
Product Description:
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.
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.
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- UPC: 032429258571
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