Title: Overrated (....at least on Amazon)
Review: This is a movie with excellent potential, yet it doesn't quite 'hit'. For one thing, Mel Gibson's war general accent seems totally fake. Especially given the way his character is portrayed. Character development, although attempted, turns out to be weak. Perhaps this is related to the fact that the fighting dominates the movie. In fact, the fighting sequences are the one part of this film that's great. Obviously director Randall Wallace wanted to show the non-stop killing and unrest, but he does so at the expense of the rest of the story. Also, the subplot of the wives back at home is interesting but poorly placed. Wallace jumps from brutal killing to the peaceful wives in a way that seems obscure and awkward.Perhaps I was hoping too much for another Saving Private Ryan or the like but instead its more of a detached experience of explicit brutality. Worth a watch; not the buy.
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