WAR ,understandability is said to be fought between nations but the bitter fact of this is that it is the leaders of the country who determine WAR or PEACE.And it is always a simple matter to drag the soldiers who just follow the orders ,not realising whether they are preventing or starting WAR.

Definition of WAR nowadays - It is a conflict built up in the minds of our governments and carried out on the battlefield by our soldiers.Nothing more.

PLOT : "The story of the Battle of Ia Drang of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it."

We were Soldiers is an experience you won't soon forget.It is the pinnacle of what a war film should be.Not much time was wasted on politics or existential philosophy.It is simply a graphic a realistic portrayal of war.



Mel Gibson shines as Col. Moore ,he effectively portrayed how a leader leads his men from the front.I loved Sam Elliot as the Sgt Major and Barry Pepper was good as a crestfallen journalist.

The film has three stories ,the American soldiers in battle ,the families left at home & the stresses of personal loss and 3rd an insight into the Vietnamese strategies.

Director Randall Wallace who wrote the screenplays for "Braveheart" and "Pearl Harbor" shows an uncanny knack as a film director ,proving that he is dedicated with telling the horror and heroic stories of war.

This film tells us that the soldiers were only fighting for each other and not so much for their country ,the truth about war.How the men faced war and how at the end of it they came home not as heroes but as broken men

War's many horrors ,the bloodshed ,the suffering of the wounded ,the separation from family and the effects on the home front are portrayed frankly and realistically.Nothing is glorified or sugar-coated.

The story has no massive surprises as its not that kind of film.Its about the battle.People die , people survive.Its more about the sensation of war that is forced upon you.

The film captures some intense and brutal battle scenes that are amazing ,yet at times hard to watch.The photography is sweeping with beautiful surroundings that are swamped by war.

Nick Glennie-Smith's score has a triumphant sound ,but at the same time is haunting.He has delivered a highly passionate score filled with heroism and sadness.Every scene of heroism was filled with music set to inspire the viewer.Each scene of sadness was paired with a haunting piece of music.

It was a movie which covered it all and everything you had to see was shown ,the brutality ,the horrors ,the bonds of friends and the loss of life.It leaves you with a really new image of the war and you actually sit there and ask yourself how could men have possibly survived with such scenes running through their minds.

We Were Soldiers left me with an awe and respect for all those men and women who have fought and died to give us all the freedoms we enjoy.

For people those who haven't seen this movie yet ,take it from me ,you WILL be entertained and at the sametime educated about how SOLDIERS fight the real battle ,that is built up in the minds of our governments who DECLARE WAR with vested interests.

• Director : Randall Wallace

• Writer : Based on book by Harold G.Moore and Joseph L.Gallow

• Cast : Mel Gibson , Sam Elliot , Barry Pepper , Madeleine Stowe

• Rating : "PG" for violence in WAR scenes.

P.S : "875,000 feet of film was shot ,roughly 150 hours.It took the editing team 6 days ,day and night , to watch it all."