i know these type of film sell ticket and make a profit for the film maker but it just would not do a a film about vietnam . viet nam be fill with horror for the men who live it day in and day out . this film star gene hackman who be korean war vet assign to train a group of rag tag viet nam vet for a return trip to that country to rescue a group of american pow hold at a camp there . these men include a former tunnel rat and a crazy acid drop sailor and a blond tan surfer from california and some inexperienced kid ( patrick swayze ) who just so happens have a dad that be kill in nam . they train first at some camp in texas and once in nam they be find out and lose all their weapon . they be able to find replacement weapon and continue on their way to free the captured men . most of the men be find and save but the rag tag group be mostly wipe out . this movie play like a video game in which you could figure out what be go to happen next and who would pop out of behind what bush and and who be go to die and who be go to live . viet nam i be guess be not like a video game .