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William D @Williams0604 12/07/2023 This was an okay film. See more ARNI S 09/18/2022 Honestly a really bad movie even for the time back in the 80's. From the writing to the ripping off of the sound track music from Full Metal Jacket. I guess the studio had to make one more Vietnam movie and this was one of the worse I've ever tried to watch "Honestly a terrible movie"... See more 05/07/2020 This is the most banal, cliche-ridden, hackneyed, mindless Vietnam War movie ever made. The writing, directing and acting are completely lame. The South African shooting location isn't remotely similar Vietnam, but it belies the 20% film incentive. Veterans of the Vietnam War deserve better. See more 01/01/2018 Golan/Globus Cannon Pictures nonsense pretending it's a serious film about the Vietnam War. The American Ninja, Michael Dudikoff, plays a young officer (not a ninja), just out of West Point and sent to Vietnam. Dudikoff must then earn the respect of his battle hardened men. Nothing you haven't seen before and done much better, but on the plus side, there is a small role for my all-time favorite character actor, William Smith, as a commanding officer. FUN FACT! This was directed by Chuck Norris' brother and is the only film he ever directed that didn't star Chuck. See more 05/04/2014 I didn't expect much coming into this movie, and was actually pleasantly surprised by it. It's no where near being as good as other Vietnam war movies, or the other Vietnam movies of the 1986-88 years like Platoon, Hamburger Hill and Full Metal Jacket. It's the lowest of the bunch, and the least modern looking by far. It has far more of a older feel to it, with the dialogue, sound effects, explosions, and action scenes all more of a 1960s feel than 1988. So in those respects the movie does not stand a chance to those others above, but you can almost never go wrong with Vietnam war movies, as they are always good. This one is right on the line however, and is saved by some good jungle battles scenes and the typical but good Vietnam war plot. The movie didn't get off to a good start in my opinion with some cheesy lines, and go just nobody in the military would talk they do in the movie. But they after their first patrol the movie got more interesting. Everything improved, the acting, the lines and the story. The booby traps became firefights, and people started to get killed. The battles scenes where pretty good for the most part, except the one night attack on the camp. I missed the good helicopter scenes that everyone knows and loves from Vietnam war movies, so that was a great disappointment, because in my opinion that is one of my favorite parts in these movies. Anyway it ended good, not as I excepted but better, and turned out to be better than I thought it would. So not bad, and on the verge of being good. See more 10/27/2012 A West Point graduate finds that what he learned in textbooks won't earn the respect of his platoon in Vietnam. Decent but I expected more given the track record of previous collaborations between Michael Dudikoff and the Cannon Group. See more Read all reviews

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