Review of Hamburger Hill (1987) by Ashley S — 18 Oct 2007
The most brutal but perhaps the most honest of the big Hollywood Vietnam war films that succeeds in highlighting the anonymity within warfare - achieved by deliberately using unknown actors (no Charlie Sheen's or Robert De Niro's here) - and war's murderous repetitiveness (the bulk of the film follows the cast going up and down the hill, fighting, dying and slowly getting whittled away).
There's no emotional soundtrack, no star performances but then that's not what Hamburger Hill is about; this is by its very nature an ensemble piece of filmography that everyone can identify with; that anoymous guy with the rifle, covered in mud, could be you or me.
This review of Hamburger Hill (1987) was written by Ashley S on 18 Oct 2007.
Hamburger Hill has generally received positive reviews.
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