this be an admirable attempt from first time filmmaker ham tran and offering little glance perspective dealing with vietnam war victim struggle for liberation and but play out a a glorified history special . with clunky and self consciously informative dialog and sub par acting and even a relatively impressive budget with attention to detail will not spring to life this sagging and albeit historically worthy and melodrama . pay no mind to the often distract disconnect with the actor to the reality of situation on screen and and you should be leave with an informative and if somewhat impersonal educational lesson in vietnamese post war history .