We Were Soldiers

Name: We Were Soldiers
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Released: 2002-03-01
Duration: 2 h 18 min
Rating: 7.20
Cast: Madeleine Stowe, Sam Elliott, Mel Gibson, Greg Kinnear

– The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on bot..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

7.20 / 10

Duration:

2 Hours and 18 Minutes

Release Year:

2002

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.

Styles:

Brutal, Tense, Gloomy, Sincere, Factual, Rough, Suspenseful, Realistic, Captivating, Serious

Story Timeline:

2000s, 20th Century, 1960s

Producing Country:

Germany, USA

Filming Locations:

Iraq, Vietnam, USA, Asia

Genre:

History, War, Action, Drama

Editor's Pick for:

Boys' night

We Were Soldiers (2002) - Trailer

Release Date:

01 Mar 2002

Language:

English, Vietnamese, French

MPAA Content-Rating:

R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

We Were Soldiers

Directed by:

Randall Wallace

Story Written By:

Joseph L. Galloway, Harold G. Moore, Randall Wallace

Main Actors:

Madeleine Stowe, Sam Elliott, Mel Gibson, Greg Kinnear

Plot:

A telling of the 1st Battalion, 7 Cavalry Regiment, 1st Calvary Division's battle against overwhelming odds in the La Drang valley of Vietnam in 1965. Seen through the eyes of the battalion's commander, Lt. Col. Hal Moore (played by Mel Gibson), we see him take command of the battalion and its preparations to go into Vietnam. We also see how the French had, years earlier, been defeated in the same area. The battle was to be the first major engagement between US and NVA forces in Vietnam and showed the use of helicopters as mobility providers and assault support aircraft.

Awards:

3 wins & 5 nominations.

Gross profit:

$78,064,284

Production Company:

Paramount Pictures

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

7.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

63%

Metacritic: