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Remember it was made in 1987 and the likes of Dylan McDermott,
Don Cheadle and Courtney B. Vance did not have the profile
they do today. They head a very solid line-up of actors in
an at-times gruesome film that doesn't pull punches about
the way US soldiers behaved.
They get drunk, going whoring, get into fights and do their
best to stay sane in the madhouse that was Vietnam.
Hamburger Hill focuses on Bravo Company of the 101st Airborne
and its attempts to take a piece of high ground known only
as Hill 937.
The men tried 10 times to take the hill and suffered up to
70 per cent casualties in trying to do so. The battlescenes
are full-on and the gore level is pretty high. You don't want
to get too attached to the soldiers of B company because they
get chewed up at a pretty fast rate...
The characters in Hamburger Hill are pretty good and while
there are some standard subplots - the usual tensions between
black and white troops, guys just wanting to get home - the
actors make them believable. Vance is particularly good as
Doc.
The video transfer is fine and does come from 1987 stock.
The sound on Hamburger Hill is very front oriented
and it isn't until quite late in the movie that your surround
will kick in as a couple of F4 Phantoms roar through to drop
napalm. Still, the front speakers do get a good workout with
lots of distinct channel movement.
Conclusion: Movie: 80% DVD Extras: 0%
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