i saw the movie on tv and like it a lot . to be honest and i be a huge clint fan and no matter if actor or director and or both at the same time . give this and i find the photography great ( with the use of a rather dark and dusty light ) and the first battle scene rival private ryan ( do it have anything to do with the fact that steven spielberg be one of the producer . ) . the non rhetoric tone chosen for the story be eastwood true landmark ( see also a perfect world ) and i find extremely touchy and delicate the scene where doc find the corpse of his mate iggy brutally torture and he light up an electric torch but all we see be his own face look at the dead man and not the corpse . i bet that 99 % of other director would have shoot a close up of the dead . the scene a it be stress even more the sense of brutality and sadness of the circumstance and whilst respect the audience and avoid to spectacularize death . unfortunately and i find it rather difficult to follow the script with so many flashback and and to some extent and i find the movie development a bit chaotic . nevertheless and another big hit from my actual favorite director . positive .