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We Were Soldiers
On Sunday November 14th 1965 at 10.48 a.m., Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore (Mel Gibson) professional soldier, veteran of Korea, father of five, along with Sergeant Major Basil Plumley (Sam Elliott) and Major Bruce Crandall (Greg Kinnear), was dropped in a small clearing in scrub jungle, with the rest of his battalion of men at landing Zone X-Ray in the remote Ia Drang Valley in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam. He vows to the families of these men that he will be the first man on the battleground and the last man off it, he would leave no man behind, dead or alive.... and so it was.
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Ocean's Eleven (2001)/ We Were Soldiers/ Training Day (Widescreen) (Boxset) (DVD)
Three films. Ocean's Eleven - Remake of the 1960's hit. Danny Ocean has an idea, a great idea. Less than twenty-four hours into his parole, Danny has a plan to pull off the most sophisticated casino heist in history. Danny puts together a hand-picked team of 11 men, all specialists in their own field, and together they will attempt to steal over $150 million from three Las Vegas Casinos owned by Terry Benedict, a ruthless entrepreneur who is dating Danny's ex-wife. Can Danny pull it off? We Were Soldiers - On Sunday November 14th 1965 at 10.48 a.m., Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore (Mel Gibson) professional soldier, veteran of Korea, father of five, along with Sergeant Major Basil Plumley (Sam Elliott) and Major Bruce Crandall (Greg Kinnear), was dropped in a small clearing in scrub jungle, with the rest of his battalion of men at landing Zone X-Ray in the remote Ia Drang
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Mad Max/ Lethal Weapon/ We Were Soldiers
Three films. Mad Max - In a near-future populated by murderous bikers and gangs of nomadic thugs, a weary cop leaps to murderous revenge for the senseless death of his wife and children. Exhilarating, unsettling action extravaganza which catapulted Gibson to international stardom and spawned two sequels. Lethal Weapon - Family-man cop Murtaugh teams with edgy, Vietnam-vet Riggs, to whom life is of little consequence since his wife's death. Together they go after a drug syndicate run by ex CIA thugs, finding that their differing natures mesh to make a particularly effective fighting team. We Were Soldiers - On Sunday November 14th 1965 at 10.48 a.m., Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore (Mel Gibson) professional soldier, veteran of Korea, father of five, along with Sergeant Major Basil Plumley (Sam Elliott) and Major Bruce Crandall (Greg Kinnear), was dropped in a small clearing in scrub jungle, with the rest of his battalion of men at landing Zone X-Ray in the remote Ia Drang Valley in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam. He vows to the families of these men that he will be the first man on the battleground and the last man off it, he would leave no man behind, dead or alive.... and so it was.
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ICON HOME ENTERTAINMENT We Were Soldiers [2002]
<I>We Were Soldiers</I>, based on the bestselling account of the battle of La Drang valley at the outset of the Vietnam War, is the latest Mel Gibson <I>Braveheart</I>- esque offering where plot and characterisation, rather than the men who lost their lives in the conflict, are the most serious casualties. The story follows Lt. Colonel Hal Moore (Gibson) and his platoon through a brief spell at boot camp and then into the battle itself. <p> In place of the moral ambiguity offered by, say, <I>Platoon</I> or <I>Hamburger Hill</I>, <I>We Were Soldiers</I> presents us with archetypes. Gibson's family man colonel is almost a parody of Patton, a man with so much heart you wonder how he manages to get up in the morning. He's a good Catholic, loves his men, and tells us that he's the first one on the battlefield and the last one off. And if that self-eulogising wasn't enough we have the slow-mo, heavily scored last-one-into-the-helicopter moment to prove it. In uncomfortably jingoistic contrast, the commander of the Viet Cong never leaves his cavernous headquarters as he sends his faceless foot soldiers to their death. <p> What saves the film are Ryan Hurst's performance as the stoic Sergeant Ernie Savage and Barry Pepper's non-combatant journalist who gets caught up in the action and has to fight to survive, both of whom inject some much-needed humanity into the action. Otherwise there is so little character development before the offensive that you find yourself squinting at the screen trying to work out who just bought the bullet when you really should be feeling every gunshot. <I>Braveheart</I> scribe Randall Wallace's direction is heavy handed and over sentimental--relentless violence masquerades as poignant remembrances of the futility of war--and the only time it ever approaches genuine emotion is the scene where the wives begin receiving telegrams detailing their husband's deaths. When measured against <I>Hamburger Hill</I> and <I>Full Metal Jacket</I>, <I>We Were Soldiers</I> doesn't even deserve to be in the same platoon. --<I>Kristen Bowditch</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Ocean's Eleven We Were Soldiers Training Day [2002]
Release Date: 2005-10-17, Rating Suitable for 18 years and over,
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We Were Soldiers Once...and Young
This is the true story of 450 US soldiers, early in the Vietnam War, who found themselves surrounded by 2000 North Vietnamese regulars in the Ia Dang Valley, in what became the first major battle of the extended conflict. author: Moore, Harold G.; publisher: Corgi
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WE WERE SOLDIERS
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OCEANS 11/WE WERE SOLDIERS/TRAINING DAY
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Corgi Adult We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
Pages: 529, Paperback, Corgi Adult
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Mad Max Lethal Weapon We Were Soldiers
Release Date: 2004-09-20, Rating Suitable for 18 years and over,
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