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Directed by: Randall Wallace Starring: Mel Gibson, Chris Klein One of the lesser known Mel Gibson war movies, We Were Solders takes you on an emotional ride showing the courage and sacrifices made by the 7th Calvary in the the battle of the Valley of Death, an area in Vietnam controlled by well over 4,000 Vietcong troops under a tactful Vietmaneese general. The movie starts out showing you how the valley got its nickname ("The Valley of Death") when a troop of French soldiers is ambushed and utterly annihilated. Hal Moore (Mel Gibson) is called in to try a novel technique in fighting battles, hopping soldiers in and out of battle via helicopters. So starts the great battle. The movie displays the entire battle, from entire platoons being torn to pieces, to Viet Cong being napalmed. Every gory detail is shown. There was not a single part in the movie I did not like. This is easily my favorite movie ever. For more explination on what happens in the movie, drive down to your local video store and rent it. It's well worth the money. 5.5/5 RATING: 5.5 PROS: Excellent acting, wonderful action scenes, and it sparks emotion even in the toughest of people CONS: Very realistically gory ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277434/
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May 19, 2004 06:31
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and not to take anything away from the movie, but the book is even better. 4.5.
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May 19, 2004 06:48
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Couldn't agree more. Great film from start to finish. I saw it at the Cinema and rushed out to buy it when it came out on DVD as it is a must own commodity. It also goes to show just how talented an actor and director Mel Gibson is. I'd give it a 4.5
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May 19, 2004 12:49
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Loved the movie, bought the book and DVD. One of the best vietnam movies made, I found it very strong, reading the factual accounts told in the book make it even more so. Quite a sad movie as well that brings a tear or two to the eye. 4/5
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May 19, 2004 17:01
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Excellent movie. Very emotional. 4.5/5
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Aug 8, 2005 08:34
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Fantastic movie. Pure historical facts and action without bad acting or a love story. 5/5
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Aug 16, 2005 18:59
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2.5/5 The filmography is well done and the movie is well cast, however the film itself is nothing new. Takes most of the war-drama cliches and uses them.
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Aug 17, 2005 04:41
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This movie is extremely overhyped. It isn't good at all. It has no emotion like other war movies (Saving Private Ryan, Platton, Apocalypse Now). War movies are suppose to make you care about the characters, and to tell you the truth, We Were Soldiers didn't have that feeling about any of the soldiers except for Mel Gibson. 2/5.
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Aug 19, 2005 04:28
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Saw this movie a while back, and it is one of the more forgotten Mel Gibson and Vietnam movies. I found the action in it to be quite good, but I don't think they did a good job developing the characters. It was a very graphic movie, and dispite the fact it seemed to be very  , the ending scene was very cool.3.5/5
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Aug 19, 2005 15:51
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I didn't care for the melodrama of the home front plotline or the utter cheesiness of the scene with the VC general at the end. The action was alright but other films have done it better and with more feeling. 2/5
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Aug 21, 2005 16:38
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