this hbo vietnam era movie sucks big time. lousy script, bad acting, bad directing, whatever it could come up to your mind. having some comedians played the soldiers with 1990 attitude and dialogue, those marine grunts instead of holding m16s but grasped weaponries that only special troops in the desert storm theatre could ever receive is one of the major flaws that cannot be overlooked. some of the grunts like eddie griffith and one of the other guy talked like they were on stage doing the standup comedy shows, sucks, man. the whole setting looked so bad too, doesn't look a bit like vietnam but some botanic gardens or one of the national forests. hbo's homemade movies always like this lamer, bad directing, bad actors, bad script, bad everything. for war movies gobblers, you should watch 'full metal jacket', 'hamburger hill' 'tear of the sun' but never this one lousy bomber.