Private Ryan, my ass. While that movie may have more chocolate sauce, Sam Fuller’s autobiographical near-masterpiece is a newly restored 3 hour meditation on killing, dying and surviving. Plus, Luke Skywalker and Louis from Revenge of the Nerds are in it! As with most episodic films, some scenes aren’t as memorable as others, but I definitely rank this as one of the best “this is what war is really like” films I’ve ever seen. Lee Marvin’s performance is staggering.
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Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
He is the host of ENGAGE: The Official Star Trek Podcast, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and challenges you to a game of backgammon.