Beneath the rough vérité exterior beats the same slick, corny heart.
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Village VoiceDennis Lim
Village VoiceDennis Lim
In his first major role, the Irish actor Farrell deflects the script's more dubious aspects through sheer magnetic presence.
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Rolling StonePeter Travers
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Despite melodramatic lapses -- the gripping action recalls Walter Hill's 1981 "Southern Comfort" -- this is Schumacher's most ambitions film since "Falling Down" in 1993, and it plays to his strengths with young actors.
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L.A. WeeklyManohla Dargis
L.A. WeeklyManohla Dargis
Schumacher has gone into the cinematic heart of darkness and emerged with his own peculiar kink on the war movie: Vietnam beefcake.