As most viewers/readers of critiques would be aware of the trap entitled 'subjective viewing' and, given this film's lack of credibility, I'll cut straight to the chase.
The Duke is far too old for his on-screen character. If the milieu wasn't being presented as Vietnam, it would be one of his own "oaters", and a bad one at that.
The Green Berets are the equivalent of the British and Australian SASR. As an infanteer, we would refer to them, in derogatory fashion, as "super soldiers". Nothing, however, would have prepared them for the sight of an overweight, old, gung-ho, anacronism. John Wayne supported the Vietnam War - but this offer of support, albeit in a filmic setting, is woeful, inaccurate, inflammatory, and insulting. Both for the troops fighting in-country and the Vietnamese who denied and finally expelled them.
Without giving spoilers, I can't, in honesty, indicate how much I abhor this film.
I gave it a rating of two, just because of the notion of using M18A1 claymores back-to-back. If you don't know of which I speak, look 'em up. Much like this 'film', they're anti-personnel mines: extremely dangerous and double-edged. (Seriously, look up the Claymore: a Scottish double-edged sword.)
The Duke is far too old for his on-screen character. If the milieu wasn't being presented as Vietnam, it would be one of his own "oaters", and a bad one at that.
The Green Berets are the equivalent of the British and Australian SASR. As an infanteer, we would refer to them, in derogatory fashion, as "super soldiers". Nothing, however, would have prepared them for the sight of an overweight, old, gung-ho, anacronism. John Wayne supported the Vietnam War - but this offer of support, albeit in a filmic setting, is woeful, inaccurate, inflammatory, and insulting. Both for the troops fighting in-country and the Vietnamese who denied and finally expelled them.
Without giving spoilers, I can't, in honesty, indicate how much I abhor this film.
I gave it a rating of two, just because of the notion of using M18A1 claymores back-to-back. If you don't know of which I speak, look 'em up. Much like this 'film', they're anti-personnel mines: extremely dangerous and double-edged. (Seriously, look up the Claymore: a Scottish double-edged sword.)