This movie is based on the first authentic story of the first main battle held between United States and North Vietnamese forces and all soldiers which took part in the fight.
Gibson wears a rictus of distaste which seems more suggestive of dodgy on-set catering than the horrors of combat.
Common Sense Media
December 29, 2010
One of the most violent movies ever released.
L.A. Weekly
June 01, 2002
The Vietnam setting looks authentic enough, but the action is as inert and unpersuasive as Gibson's attempt to fashion Bill Mauldin poetry out of his $20-million-plus smirk.
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)
January 07, 2004
... A fitting tribute to all the men and women who have fought and died for their country -- and for each other.
By comparison, Oliver Stone's Platoon plays like the experience of a sensibly outraged man worthy of our sympathy.
Looking Closer
December 06, 2004
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.
After suffering through We Were Soldiers, I think I've seen all the war movies I care to endure for quite some time.
Cinema em Cena
July 25, 2003
Mais uma patriotada que mostra os americanos matando milhares de vietcongues, mas sendo mais 'humanos' que os inimigos.
EmanuelLevy.Com
December 22, 2006
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.
