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brandon [ 8.0 ]
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using a story telling technique masterfully used by akira kurosawa in "rashomon", the film offers up a situation where karen walden (meg ryan) is being investigated to receive a medal of honor.
as colonel serling (denzel washington) goes about interviewing the various people involved in the rescue in question. each interviewee offers up different view points on what happened .. is karen a hero, responsible for saving lives, or is she responsible for putting more lives at risk?
the film has a few extraneous threads, and the similarity with "rashomon" was a bit too hard to ignore, but it's still a very good film ..
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JD [ 7.5 ]
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Denzel Washington is terrific and thankfully Meg Ryan's part really isn't that big in this very good film about a sergeant doing an investigation into whether a female war hero is deserving of a medal of honor. Tight script and fast moving film makes this a winner.
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Edwards [ 5.5 ]
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Props to Denzel, Lou Diamond Phillips (who really deserves more strong characters than he's gotten throughout his career), and a then unknown Matt Damon, who all bring intensity and rare displays of hard conviction to the table, although I'm still a little puzzled by Meg Ryan. Watching her try a different accent, then bark orders at people and act like a gritty soldier, it's very tempting to call for a serious declaration of miscasting. But it's at least interesting that she ventured out of cute, button-nose sweetheart territory. The "Rashomon" formula is an ancient cliche by now, but in the right hands (Ed Zwick right here) it can still be intriguing and even suspenseful. The only problem here is the lack of momentum. Since it's primarily dealing with Denzel Washington's inner turmoil, there's not much build-up, and even less of a resolution. I was still effectively teary-eyed by the end, but in a way it was an empty feeling. Manipulative, I guess
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| Weighted Rating | : 7.0 |
| No. Ratings | : 17 | |
| No. Reviews | : 6 | |
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