Good movie but grossly overrated

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

This movie was so horrible that i had to watch "Passion of the Christ" afterwards to cheer myself up. It was so terrible that at first i thought it was a spoof! A shaolin monk could not sit through this movie. I cringe just thinking of the time i spent suffering the cheesiness of this wack ass movie. Warn your friends not to see this!! the folks who put this flick together should all sit down together and share a cup of Jesus juice.... i hope that none of these folks spawned children.... may god have mercy on their souls. If i see this movie again even momentarily whilst changing stations, i will have to gouge my own eyes out.

This is a perfect action movie. It starts out straight into the action, and continues in the same style all the way through. I guess about 75% of the movie consists of pure action scenes, and that's very good. I guess more rounds of ammo from machine guns are fired in this movie than in the whole Vietnam war. I think they did a really good job with a budget I guess was low (and yes, the actors are totally unknown and bad, but that doesn't matter at all in a movie like this, trust me). The plot is also a good one, taking place in Vietnam. The Vietnamese army are portrayed to be bad to the bone. Of course it's not like that in real life, but it's totally OK to portray them this way since Vietnam is a communist country after all.

I couldn't believe a movie could be so gawdawful, but it seems I'm wrong. Like you might be led to believe, this is one of those movies that have an old tired plot, lots of pointless action, and characters you could really care less about. It's as if the Movie God just decided to hunker down one day and pass this digested, festering turd of a movie in His great toilet and flush it into the sewers known as the "Straight to Video" market we harbor here on Earth. If you want to watch a great movie about Vietnam, try Apocalypse Now, it's brilliant. However, if you like this movie (!), try Platoon. It's got a larger budget and it's more well-known, but it's nearly just as stupid.

This is an ultra low budget action film with the tired old plot of "save my buddy in Vietnam from sadistic commies and finish the mission." The acting is poor in this movie, save for the two male leads. They are merely OK. The idea of Griffiths' friends coming over to help is absolutely ludicrous and the Wolf character should be shot also. If you like lots of military style shooting, you'll like watching this; otherwise, beware! There's lots of hand to hand combat also, giving Griffiths a chance to flex his muscles, more action than usual for this type of film. However, there's nothing new, so what's the point? A good movie to watch with the guys the night before the Super Bowl, after you're all tanked up, but that's about it. *1/2 of 4 stars.