Starring:
Denzel Washington - Nat Serling
Meg Ryan - Karen Walden
Lou Diamond Phillips - Monfriez
Michael Moriarty - General Hershberg
Matt Damon - Ilario
Bronson Pinchot - Bruno
Seth Gilliam - Altameyer
Regina Taylor - Meredith Serling
Zeljko Ivanek - Banacek
Scott Glenn - Gartner
Sean Astin - Patella
Director:
Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond; The Last Samurai; The Siege)
Synopsis:
A US Army officer, despondent about a deadly mistake he
made, investigates a female chopper commander's worthiness for the Medal
of Honor.
Review:
Still having a hard time with Meg Ryan as a military general. Her cute little squirrely face, tiny female body. Don't get me wrong, women can be in the military and all. But Meg Ryan at the time was what? 5'2, 115lbs? And she's caught in the middle of a war zone & she's in charge? Just seemed a little far fetched to me. Then you have a very young Matt Damon. He looks like he's a child, all skinny & youthful. Pretty much the opposite of what he looks like now. All fat & thinning hair. Just saying. It moves along at a good enough pace to keep it interesting even with a slow moving plot. Could probably been trimmed down a little bit from it's just under 2 hour run time. I'm going to skip over Denzel because let's face it, no matter what movie he's in, he is great, so there isn't a whole lot of point to writing "Denzel was awesome"... although I just did. It's a good military law mash up.
Budget: $46,000,000
Box Office: $100,860,818
Profit: $53,860,818
Rotten Tomatoes: 85%
Flixster: 62%
73%
Lead Acting: 13/15
Supporting Cast: 12/15
Plot: 8/10
Compared To The Genre: 7/10
Cinematography: 12/20
Intrigue: 14/20
Extra: 7/10
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