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Title: Save your Money; read the book instead!
Review: Once again we see "based on a true story" at the beginning of the film. I do not see where Simon Murray had very much, if anything to do with this film. His character in the movie was portrayed as an idealistic wimp; the real Simon Murray was a very tough hombre. The book is an essay of the brutality within the Legion, which the film has great difficulty in bringing to the screen. The first half of Full Metal Jacket is far more effective and convincing in that respect. I have read Legionaire three times, and was hoping the movie would convey the spirit and events contained therin. It did not. This movie has about as much historical accuracy as Mel Gibson's "Braveheart". Very little. Do not buy this DVD; buy the book and enjoy it as a descent into the Hell of joining the Legion.
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