A no-punches-pulled war movie, set in Vietnam, that will make even a ‘Nam veteran cringe at the violent realism.

| Original Score: A | Jul 17, 2022

As Lt. Col. Hal Moore opined to Sgt. Major Plumley during the throes of battle, 'I wonder what Custer was thinking when he realized he'd moved his men into slaughter.' Plumley's natural reply, 'Sir, Custer was a p--.'

| Nov 6, 2019

One of the most violent movies ever released.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 29, 2010

We Were Soldiers is, ultimately, a powerful and moving experience--once it overcomes its clunky, badly written and cliched first act.

| Aug 18, 2008

The war genre, vigorously energized with Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down, takes several steps backward with this old-fashioned moralistic saga, a tribute not only to the soldiers in combat in Vietnam but also to the homefront.

| Original Score: B- | Dec 22, 2006

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

I was impressed by Wallace's emphasis of Moore's faith, but the violence struck me as excessive, taking valuable time that could have been used to develop characters.

| Original Score: C | Dec 6, 2004

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 12, 2004

... A fitting tribute to all the men and women who have fought and died for their country -- and for each other.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 7, 2004

Gibson wears a rictus of distaste which seems more suggestive of dodgy on-set catering than the horrors of combat.

Full Review | Oct 19, 2003

Mais uma patriotada que mostra os americanos matando milhares de vietcongues, mas sendo mais 'humanos' que os inimigos.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 25, 2003

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 5, 2003

Ultimately, it staggers out bloodied, partially bowed, but at least not totally beaten.

| Feb 13, 2003

...A gripping, fast-moving film that will be added to the short list of quality movies focused on the U.S. conflict in Vietnam.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 8, 2003

Almost always competent, but never brilliant. Its textbook approach to moviemaking is so common in Hollywood war films that it can't be called new or enlightening.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jan 13, 2003

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 10, 2003

I didn't mind the film's sentimental view of GIs. It's stuff like this that gets me crying, especially in times of combat like now. I wasn't the only one wiping tears away. It's hard not to when you're proud to be an American.

Full Review | Dec 19, 2002

This is a good film; strong, honest, strikingly photographed (by Dean Semler) and appropriately devastating.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 8, 2002

Mel Gibson's Vietnam drama breaks under the weight of its contradictions.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 7, 2002