in two and a half hour clint eastwood paint a thought provoke piece on heroism and war propaganda . the film tell three story represent first it be the ww ii battle of iwo jima where thousand of soldier ( japanese and american ) die conquer that island . in the style of save private ryan ( spielberg be a producer of flag ) the viewer get a astounding look at war with a lot of blood and gut and cgi . second be the story of a son of one of the flag raiser on that island and who interview other survivor of that battle to understand his dad a little good . this be very moving stuff and but stand a little pale in comparison to the final storyline . this be where veteran director eastwood really shines . like his meditation on violence unforgiven and flags take a close look at heroism where soldier by chance get into the spotlight of the war propaganda machine . some may say that eastwood make an anti war film or even an anti america film and but theyre wrong . flag be very critical on the way war be sell to the public . there nothing honorable about kill or to be kill on the battlefield . the only thing that matter be that you protect youre friend in your platoon and that they protect you . flag be one of the best war movie i ever saw and maybe even good than ryan and because it never sentimental and always honest in it portrayal of the soldier and war in general .