Top billed cast

1. 

   Denzel Washington

   Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling

2. 

   Meg Ryan

   Captain Karen Emma Walden

3. 

   Lou Diamond Phillips

   Staff Sergeant John Monfriez

4. 

   Michael Moriarty

   Brigadier General Hershberg

5. 

   Matt Damon

   Ilario

6. 

   Bronson Pinchot

   Bruno

7. 

   Seth Gilliam

   Stephen Altameyer

8. 

   Regina Taylor

   Meredith Serling

9. 

   Željko Ivanek

   Banacek

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-08-27

What makes this film stand out (a little) is the intimate style of photography. The POV camerawork gives us a proximity to the story and characters that we rarely see. Sadly, though, the story itself is a little bit thin. Denzel Washington is tasked with investigating the worthiness of a deceased helicopter pilot during the Gulf war to receive the medal of honor. Assuming it would be a routine ratification, he interviews her crew only to find discrepancies and inconstancies that cast a shadow over the whole procedure. Had this just been a routine wartime tale, then it might have been ok - but ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$46,000,000.00

Revenue
$100,900,000.00

Keywords

• gulf war
• war veteran
• politics
• praise
• pilot
• rescue mission
• dead soldier
• tank
• us army
• medal
• battlefield
• behind enemy lines
• military
• army life