ride with the devil and like ang lee later brokeback mountain and be a film of aesthetic and historical importance . film lover ought to see it at minimum twice a it artistic nuance be worthy to be over comprehended . a perfect piece of art and surprising depth of humanity . i really do not recall another war film and will so capture you and will change your exist conception of history and politics and will restore your belief in humanity . after see so many killing and so many suffering and you do not feel yourself numb and instead you treasure the bond between human being more . the actor performance haunt your heart and the music drive your mind . some shoot and be not just some picture and they transcend themselves and become the seeing of soul . such be the true sense of film be a genre of art . a film like this doesn not need long comment or review and everything it say by itself . ovation to the cast which include tobey maguire and jeffrey wright and jewel kilcher and the cinematographer and the composer of the beautiful and lyrical music and what an achievement .