Details the notorious struggle to hold the strategically meaningless Pork Chop Hill during the Korean War whilst the Americans and Koreans negotiated over its future.
A fairly detailed examination of the battle with most of the screen time devoted to soldiers on the hill shooting and being shot, acts of bravery and cowardice etc with a clear message about the futility of war and how our boys kept sticking to it despite the questionable value of staying. It is well put together by Milestone who maintains the excitement, albeit Peck's character seems a bit 2 dimensional and a little too John Wayne to be wholly believable. An exciting film nonetheless with a tense convincing climax.
A fairly detailed examination of the battle with most of the screen time devoted to soldiers on the hill shooting and being shot, acts of bravery and cowardice etc with a clear message about the futility of war and how our boys kept sticking to it despite the questionable value of staying. It is well put together by Milestone who maintains the excitement, albeit Peck's character seems a bit 2 dimensional and a little too John Wayne to be wholly believable. An exciting film nonetheless with a tense convincing climax.