Customer Ratings & Reviews

This was a decent film. The Blu Ray was pretty average.

RELIVE AN EPIC BATTLE OF GUTS AND WILL TO TAKE A HILL

This movie take you back when America was at war..

I was a tad bored watching this. I love this era and History in general, but I don't know, it wasn't for me. Not the best Vietnam war movie but not bad either. 3/5

Good but not great. Acting was adequate and storyline flowed fairly well.

I could not pass up the price of $5. A solid flick to add to the collection.

It is an enjoyable film. However, it is not the quality of a Platoon.

Good move from the 1980's that I would recommend to all.

This was one of the first war movies I really watched when I was young. I hadn't seen it for many years and rented it when it first came out on DVD. I guess after being spoiled by so many movies with immersive audio tracks, I found the sound of this movie appalling. I tried to be forgiving as I realized the movie was older and DVD was still relatively new. DVD being the standard it is, I had high hopes that this anniversary edition would have a good remastered audio track that wouldn't be a distraction. My hopes were pretty quickly dashed. While the sound isn't as bad as I remembered it, it is still pretty poor. Some remastering may have been done or maybe my ears are more forgiving. There is a lack of clarity that makes dialogue difficult to hear and understand during fighting scenes. Explosions are underwhelming and many sound like stock 50's movie sound effects. The movie itself is so-so. It often feels pretentious. Rather than being a statement about the military's attitude toward the disposability of human life, it tries to encompass the whole Vietnam War in one movie.

When this movie came out in 1987, I was impressed with the attention to details given to it. A brutal, realistic portrayal of one of the most famous battles of the Vietnam War, it is worth watching. The score by Philip Glass is haunting.

This movie is also based on a true story, as war movies go; i do tend to find the ones based on true events & facts.

i loved this movie even tho its very sad and you can easily relate to all the charecters in this movie i enjoyed and loved this movie