I've been watching this movie and its accompanying extras on DVD this week for the first time and I thought is ironic that this very American war story should be directed and produced by an Englishman (Ridley Scott) and have a large number of British actors cast as the American servicemen (Ewan McGregor, Jasson Issacs, Hugh Dancy, Euan Bremner, Orlando Bloom.) I suppose it's the equivalent of Steven Spielberg directing a film about the Battle of Goose Green during the Falklands War and casting Americans as members of the Parachute Regiment
Scott's movie is quite brave in that it has no major stars and no central character (unlike, say Tom Hanks in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN or Mel Gibson in WHEN WE WERE SOLDIERS). It's also largely free of the clichés of the genre: no soaring John Williams score accompanying shots of the flag fluttering in the sunlight; no scenes of the families back home. Instead its all about the logistics and the absolute horror of battle. This is the best combat footage since ZULU way back in 1964, a film which it resembles. In Scott's commentary description words, it is 'Anti-War but pro-military'.
ITEM ITSELF IS FINE. ONLY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK IS THE LENGTHY TIME DELAY ON SHIPMENT. EXCUSE WAS 'PROBLEMS AT POST OFFICE' .... I MYSELF WORK FOR ROYAL MAIL AND AFTER CHECKING MYSELF THERE WAS NO PROBLEM, JUST DELAYS ON THE ACTUAL SHIPMENT.
ONE OF THE BEST MODERN DAY WAR FILMS I OWN IN MY COLLECTION THE STORY IS TRUE TO THE ACTUAL EVENTS,THE DIRECTION IS TOP NOTCH AS SO ARE THE EFFECTS YOU WOULD NOT BE DISAPOINTED IF YOU BOUGHT THIS FILM THE EXTRA SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION DISC ARE ALSO VERY GOOD AS GIVES INSITE TO THE TRUE STORY AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE A MUST FOR ANY WAR FILM COLLECTION 8/10
this film is brilliant being in the army aswell it must be a solidier thing. tha action is realy good and it gives an insite of wat solidiers intail wen at war.
Its the best war movie ever made. I have seen it few times before I bought it, when I saw special edition on ebay(featuring real story of black hawk down, documentary and many coments) I just cant keep myself from buying it!! ITS THE BEST!!!
I bought my item with hearsay information stating it was a must watch film, and being a sausage i went and bought it, im not usually into watching war films but..... this was different, it had me gripped from start to finish with non stop action, fantastic!
believe it or not the extras on the remaining two disk are also usefull which is rare for any film haha, it explains the actuall events of what happened in the war that is depicted in the film.
i would definately recomend this film to anyone! especially if you hate war films!