Title: One more vote for thumbs down
Product review: Lots of ruminating over the evils of war and the fear of death set to brooding elevator music against a backdrop of promotional film from the South Pacific Tourism Bureau. One good scene, however: American soldiers charging into a Japanese-occupied hamlet. Absolutely gripping. I suppose the director's assistant was responsible for that one success. While the movie is not a total failure, it comes damn close. So save your time and money. The tragedy of this film is far more about missed artistic opportunities than it is about the Battle of Guadalcanal (of which we learn next to nothing from this movie, by the way). As is often the case, we are better off just reading the book.
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