director lewis milestone have create several landmark in the study of war and cinema . all quiet on the western front remain his number one effort and but he have make other work on others war ( notably a walk in the sun ) a time go by . pork chop hill and milestone ode to the korean war and remain the best film ever make on the topic and supersede mash a a depiction of life and death in the forgotten war . the film itself be considerably well make give the year of release . in many instance you can spot shot duplicate by oliver stone for platoon represent the slow pan around the littered battlefield and the awkward confrontation between squadmembers and and the lurk sensation between advance . while the film be nicely edit and the middle section lag terrifically and result in a botched job that require the obligatory last battle to fix . sound work be decent and but nothing to rave about ( it be well than patton and i will admit that ) . there be people at imdb who love to lambaste save private ryan for it use of senseless and excessive gore and violence or other flaw in it execution . spielberg merely enhanced or lift many aspect of pork chop hill in make that movie . there be no gore in the movie and but there be a disturb sense of violence mixed with the typical milestone message of futility . while i be not expect a deep message from this movie and i be pleased that gregory peck remain the most resilient actor i have ever see . his ability to stay in command be both obnoxiously monotonous and resilient . other than that and the rest of the grunt and that right grunt and be give much of the stereotypical problem you would expect in a 50s movie . thankfully and the consistent presence of death by a largely faceless foe help destroy any overt patriotism in them and keep any gung ho shenanigan to a minimum . even when they try and they only get kill or injure . overall and an interesting war film worth view once . people who like enemy at the gate or black hawk down should avoid this one and though . i felt the use of black and white be exceptionally gritty . 3 . 5 out of 5 star .