This is a movie about every kind of betrayal. It is less an attempt to present a quasi-documentary of events culminating in the full-scale American involvement in Vietnam than it is a symbolic (or poetic-symbolic) attempt to portray more obscure aspects of the relations between forces or peoples that resulted in the tragedy which is called "Vietnam." A little clunky and staid, but nevertheless the filmmakers do strive to draw from the strength of the material, with mixed results.

This movie preserves Greene's irony. showing how naive American attempts to make a better world bring great evil in their wake. Caine is fine, Fraser is surprisingly subtle, and the message is even more powerful since the recent American invasion of Iraq.

80.500

A good all around movie. It knows exactly what its capabilities are and delivers a bulls eye. It doesn't overreach or underwhelm. However the sum of all parts only adds up to a good movie and not a great one.

Definitely Brendan is weak spot in this movie, which beside him miss also something little to be great...

"Caine at once evokes a man haunted by war and burning with the fire of revenge." - Ed Gonzalez

Slow, but not completely unengaging.