Very good

I can't stand war films, simply because I detest war. To get an idea of what people went through in war, I decided to have a look at this, since Oliver Stone likes doing films on real life events.

To say this is brutal, is just typing a word. What they had to go through physically, mentally and in some cases, people were broken, and it is beyond what an outsider can imagine. War is so unnecessary, and yet people volunteer.

I thought Tom Berenger was the stand-out. He was fantastic. I liked Keith David's character. Charlie Sheen did well. Willem Dafoe did well with the time he had on screen.

I remember an interview with comic book creator, Jack Kirby, who was in WW2, and he said you cannot romanticize war. When you come up to an opposing soldier, you have to kill that guy. He also mentioned his captain/sergeant/superior officer, he was talking to him one moment, the next moment he was a dead body.

I don't want to get into the motivations of war, however, I think we who don't go to war, are some of the lucky ones, just because we escape what was portrayed in this film.

An excellent and very sobering watch.