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All the Young Men (1960)
One of the worst war movies I have ever seen.
The special effects were the only (barely) redeeming factor. The music was bad. The dialog was pathetic. The fact that they used Caucasian actors and actresses to portray Asians is a slap in the face to Asians. This is the problem when Hollywood gets its hands on history. Even Saving Private Ryan, which was advertised as fiction, was more historically accurate in terms of dialog, music, and costume. Same goes for U571. Platoon, one of my favorites, as well as Full Metal Jacket, are much better movies simply because those who made them chose to make them authentic in spite of their fictional plots. Pass this one by. It is almost as bad as The Green Berets.
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
Top Gun meets Private Ryan
The only people who shouldn't like this movie are the Anthony Edwards types that think Top Gun was too jingoistic to be realistic. Although this movie is not a true story, it has elements of true stories woven into it in the most nail-biting ways, and it will keep you glued to the screen. Just like Top Gun, the characters are slightly renegade, with predictable results, and just like Top Gun, the movie says "Don't mess with the U.S." which is a message we need to hear right about now.