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Christian Bale
Jeremy Davies
Zach Grenier
Pat Healy
Toby Huss

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A Vietnam Fighter Pilot is shot down over Laos during the Vietnam War and he struggles to survive.

12/26/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

slow start good ending

This movie took a really long tmie to get into the action, and the buildup to the main part of the movie was quite bad and not well-written. If you can sit through the first 70 minutes or so, the movie starts to get good and finishes off well.

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2/4 

03/06/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Christian "Chameleon" Bale

I love the silent sequences of this film. It made it that much more real. I'm shocked at the fact that this is from the same director of "The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser." I abhor that film with a passion but I really like this one because it's much more focused. Christian Bale is a chameleon. One moment he's in despair, the next moment he seems like the happiest person alive. Due to his charisma, he successfully constructed a character that the audience can easily root for regardless of the kinds of obstacles he has to face. The scenery, may it be the prison or the jungle, is so alive all the time, it's actually recommended if one looks at the background once in a while. The only minor drawback I can muster is its two hours plus running time. A good fifteen to twenty minutes could've been cu...

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3/4 

02/11/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

very well done

outside of the quality of the movie, i was most impressed by how much weight bale was able to lose. he looked near death! and though its old hat now, i'm still always impressed by his american accent. I agree with alex, this is a very good movie. I especially liked all the jungle scenery.

one thing I didn't buy, however, was in the latter part of the movie when they're heading for the big muddy--supposedly they're still starving but they pass by banana or plantain tree clusters every 5 minutes. Believe me, after passing that many banana trees, they'd have found some ripe enough to eat raw or boil. I'd bet that in the real event, they didn't pass by that many banana trees--that was a scenery error.

the weakest part of the movie was then end; though he had hallucinations of ...

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3/4