Hamburger Hill (DVD)

Hamburger Hill is the supposedly poor cousin of the two highly acclaimed Vietnam War films, Platoon and Full Metal Jacket. While the latter two films were released to critical acclaim, Hamburger Hill received a somewhat mixed reaction from the press. Hamburger Hill is directed by John Irvin and was released in 1987 and unlike the other two films is based around an actual battle that occurred during the war. The film follows the fortunes of the 101st ...
...commanders during the war. Hamburger Hill aims to retell the story of the battle and highlight the ferocity of the fighting that took place during those ten days. The film starts with a group of soldiers bogged down in the A Shau Valley, (the area where the hill is located) and under heavy enemy fire they are forced to retreat back to their camp. The camp is then the setting for the first half of the film and we are shown how the American soldiers ...

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...a song in the film Hamburger Hill) I spent the afternoon today watching one of my husbands "war" movies, not my choice I can tell you! I can quite honestly say that I have not been affected by a film in the way Hamburger Hill has affected me. Directed by John Irvin and set in May 1969, the film is about a company of brave soldiers from the 101st Airborne Divison fighting a war in Vietnam, a war that many protested to, a war where many young lives ...
...lives lost, it was re-named Hamburger Hill. This film portray's the brutality of war, you can in a sense feel the fright of these men, the horror and the sadness. From the start of this film I was gripped, you see the lads splashing around in a river having fun, people relaxing, then a split second later they are ambushed and a bloody assult ensues. The scene that I found most disturbing was when they had been on Hamburger Hill for some of the ...

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Hamburger Hill is a much overlooked film relating to the intensity and gruelling conditions endured by the US forces in the Vietnam War. Unlike many other Vietnam War films, this one dramatises an actual event, the taking of 'Hamburger Hill' by 101st Airborne Division, despite heavy losses and the menacing and powerful 28th North Vietnamese Regiment who were holding the hill. The film didn't really use any majorly established actors for the film, ...
...cast for the most part, Hamburger Hill is a film that I would suggest watching, but don't be in a rush to do so. It can drag at times, and there is a lot of dialogue. I feel it portrays some of the feelings about the war quite well, but in doing so does labour the point somewhat, and makes the film drag a bit more than it could. Otherwise, an intriguing watch. I caught the film on TV, and as such this is a review of the film only. However, the DVD ...

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...control of this hill, nicknamed Hamburger Hill, is cruel, dirty and dramatic. The film centres on one platoon that has been given the task of leading the assault on this hill. Many of the platoon members are killed or injured and some the make-up effects are totally realistic, when limbs are missing or parts of bodies are blown up. This certainly is not a film for the squeamish. Time after time the platoon attempts to fight it’s way up to the ...
...fall back to their base at the bottom of the hill. During the time in between attacks there is some excellent dialog between the team members and this reflects the feelings that the American soldiers had for each other, depending upon race, wealth, education or background. There is dissent, hate and jealousy that at times leads to high tension, but all this disappears when the platoon works together during each attack. There is also a reflection ...

daseaford 08.06.2001 · Read full review
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...Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, and Hamburger Hill during 1986/7, I feel that this is definitely the most under-rated film of the Hollywood Vietnam films. There's a lot going for it, especially the realism that isn't afraid to portray ordinary AND spectacular events with purely diegetic sound. I like the way that the film provides no answers, and it deals with the race problem in the US army like no other film. The film can be a little gory at times, ...

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This has to be one of the most underated War movies of all time. It was released a year after Platoon and was kind of overshadowed by Platoon's success. In my opnion, Hamburger Hill gives a clearer insight into the individual struggles of soldiers/new-recruits from different backgrounds & races having to put their differences aside for 1 common course. ...

blackmongoose 04.02.2009
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