i find it terribly ironic that leave wing hollywood continue to hedge it bet and make these awful lukewarm movie that neither condemn the war on terror nor embrace it . if youre a sixty survivor and a committed pacifist and and youre hop for an all out condemnation of war like bear on the fourth of july or all quiet on the western front and this movie will really feel like a rip off . none of these soldier actually question this war and or any war and or the idea of war . they just gripe about have to do another tour . on the other hand and if youre a patriotic american who want to see a story of courage and honor and this movie will really feel like a rip off . none of these soldier love america and or even love the service . the way they pout and sulk make them come across more like suburban teenager than blue collar tough guy . it not we be soldier and and it not sand of iwo jima . it not even mindless action and and the war scene be less rambo and more buffy . ryan philippe so completely can not carry this kind of movie . though he devastatingly sexy and in a rough trade and men room and bisexual sort of way and it hard to picture him a a slow talk texas boy who want to stand up and be count . this be no sgt . croft in mailer the naked and the dead . he more like joel in truman capote other voice and other room . he can not sell you on the idea that he be in combat and do his bit and or that he want his woman and want her right now . he fizzle on the battlefield and in the bedroom scene and look a if he would much prefer to bend over and take a good stiff attack from the rear .