I knew from the first few minutes that this movie was going to be bad - although it's supposed to take place in the early 60's, it looks more like it was *filmed* in the 60's (as a shallow made-for-tv series). The 'jungle' looked more like the scenery in many Westerns (verified after seeing that it was filmed in California), the musical score was hokey, and the dialogue reminded me of those old WWII movies from the 40's. If this came out during that era it would be acceptable, but this movie was released the same year as The Deer Hunter and year before Apocalypse Now - 2 great movies that had much better production, original viewpoints on the war (or war in general), more in-depth characters, more believable dialogues and vignettes, etc. I really struggled to try to watch the whole 2 hour movie, but after about 1:15 minutes I couldn't bear it any more.
Review of Go Tell the Spartans
