Review of The Green Berets (1968) by Michael H — 29 May 2015
The Green Berets was simple-minded, and modeled on Wayne's Western formula. The outpost was named Dodge City, after a popular Western staring Errol Flynn. And Wayne delivers such lines as â??Out here, due process is a bullet,â?? in a vein similar to his Westerns.
He plays yet another cavalry officer, this time fighting the North Vietnamese (instead of the Indians), but the morality is basically the same. Wayne's motives for making the picture also seemed to be taken from one of his Westerns.
â??This is the right courseâ?? for the U.S. because â??we gave our word,â?? a phrase taken from Fort Apache, in which Wayne's hero gives his word to the Indians. Most critics panned The Green Berets, as film and as politics, but it was extremely popular, proving again that critics had no impact on Wayne's standing at the box office.
This review of The Green Berets (1968) was written by Michael H on 29 May 2015.
The Green Berets has generally received mixed reviews.
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