Other War Movies
War Movies which don’t fit into any other category
Lebanon (2009)
Lebanon is a tight little movie about an Israeli tank crew in the early days of the 1982 Lebanon/Israel war. And really, that's about all I have to say about it. Well, OK, maybe not *all*.... Despite winning several awards, (see the IMDB page) I just couldn't bring myself to like this film. It... »
Restrepo (2010)
This year's Restrepo is probably one of the best war-movie documentaries I've seen in a long time. In 2007, filmmakers Tim Hetherington & Sebastian Junger went to Afghanistan to embed with an Airborne platoon for an entire year, and condensed their efforts into a 90 minute masterpiece. The focus is on an outpost on... »
The Red and the White (1967)
The Red and the White appears to me to be a Communist propaganda film straight out of the East Block. I can't see it any other way. It seems to get rave reviews from every source I see, but quite frankly, I just don't see it that way. First and foremost, this seems to... »
War Requiem (1989)
Take a beautiful piece of classical music, Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem", toss in a healthy dose of opera-ish direction and production, some fine actors, a lot of artistic vision, shake well, and throw in some preachy bits, and you've got War Requiem. Frankly, I wasn't sure what to expect from this. I'm not a... »
9th Company (2005)
Wow, man. Talk about perspective. Just released on DVD and Blu Ray over here is the Russian-made 9th Company. It's about a group of recruits who are trained up and sent off to Afghanistan. In a way I think this film is especially relevant today. You could likely take all those red stars off... »
Red Cliff: International Version (2009, Blu Ray)
When it comes to truly epic war movies a few come to mind. Lawrence of Arabia, The Longest Day, maybe even Patton or Band of Brothers.... But this is almost the very definition of epic. Weighing in at nearly *five* hours long, Red Cliff does not fail to deliver. Based on a battle from... »
Tears of the Sun (2003)
Tears of the Sun (2003) Well, if there's one thing Bruce Willis does well, its play hard-nosed military types, such as Lt. A.K. Waters in Tears of the Sun. Part of a Navy Special Ops team, he's dropped into Nigeria to rescue one Dr. Kendricks (Monica Bellucci) and a few other do-gooders at a... »
March or Die (1977)
The French Foreign Legion. Last refuge of scoundrels, criminals, and scumbags left over from the first world war. At least that's what 1977's March or Die would have you believe. American and Legion Major William Sherman Foster (Gene Hackman) is tasked with protecting a French archaeological expidition in Erfeud. The problem is, that he's... »
Braveheart (1995, Blu Ray)
If you haven't seen 1995's Braveheart by now, you've probably been living under a rock, or in some remote Gobi-desert cave or something. I mean, really. The tale of William Wallace, 13th century champion of Scottish independence, Braveheart is indeed an epic film in every sense of the word. Painted here as a simple... »
Black Hawk Down (2002, Blu Ray)
Everything I said about 2002's Black Hawk Down in my previous review still stands, including the words I used to describe it. F*cking intense. On Blu Ray? How about even more F'ing intense? To recap, Black Hawk Down is the story of a routine mission gone totally FUBAR in Somalia. That's about the long... »
