Wordiezett So much average

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

jasonam Few films have managed to capture the horrors of the Vietnam War as accurately as Hamburger Hill in terms of real history. Inspired by an actual battle that in many aspects typifies the entire conflict, John Irvin brings to life the brutal realities of combat. Carefully weaving in social commentary while at the same time not shying away from gruelling scenes of battle, this film stands above many others in its genre.

efffigie I think of this movie all the time because of the quote above: "You ain't gotta like it, but you gotta show up." This movie is, I think, the best 'war movie' I've ever seen. Yeah, it's pointless, crude, offensive, and some people think it glorifies conflict, but really what it does is in its own way is explain to people who 'showed up' WHY. You know, if you get it, you get it. If you don't, well, then you don't. My other favorite 'war movie' is LOOK, STRANGER; I can't recommend both these films enough.

Freedom060286 The movie Hamburger Hill is based on a real battle in 1969. It's one of the few Vietnam War movies to portray the soldiers in a realistic and accurate way. Most of the others fail to do justice for the brave men who fought there.Rather than stereotyping soldiers as either druggies or genocidal redneck maniacs (as we see in movies like Platoon), this one portrays the troops as what they were: just ordinary, average men trying to do a very difficult and demanding job. More than any other movie about Vietnam, this one shows the misery that the men were going through, not only in battle, but due to the unfairly negative image of the Vietnam troops the American media was creating at that time.

sleded i must say... I didn't care for it.I thought the writing was weak and cliché, tried to hard to be a Vietnam film instead of allowing it to become one (if that makes sense) i thought the acting was poor and the special effects (even for 1987) were amateurish. not one character sold me. I don't miss too many war movies...and this one had a good reputation, but im not sure where it came from.to say it was the best Vietnam war movie ever, really takes away from some great films. maybe i went in expecting too much because of the reputation this film has, but i left disappointed