producer joel schumacher who also direct phone booth and 02 and and many other great film show in great detail how no one person can really be train to be a killing machine with out destroy their own personality and the real fear that a person have to face when go into combat . colin farrell ( roland bozz ) and intermission and 03 and give one of his best performance and actually carry this entire picture on his back . matthew davis ( jim paxton ) and blue crush and 02 and give a great supporting role and shea whigham ( pvt . wilson ) and all the real girl and 03 and show his true act skill in the role that he play . there be two brief scene where the soldier be able to find some hot romance on a short leave in the local town and have to pay for their love and sexual desire . one army veteran instructor from viet nam tell the soldier how to really torture the enemy by use electrical wire in all the wrong place on a human male body . enjoyable and entertaining film to view .