We Were Soldiers

– 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
We Were Soldiers (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.

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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.

Director:

Randall Wallace

Writer:

Harold G. Moore (book), Joseph L. Galloway (book), Randall Wallace (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott

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:

Paramount Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
63%
Metacritic:
65%