A tagline full of promise, which foreshadowed an essential work on the institutional and systemic racism of the colonial powers and their crimes, both domestic and overseas.
After a powerful and excellent introduction that lives up to our highest expectations, the problem lies in the clumsy plot development and messy film aesthetics between this very promising beginning and a similar conclusion.
With the notable exception of a few scenes that prove the rule, the story is too erratic and hazy to give the film the grandeur it deserves. Because it is America-centric and fails to apply genuine anti-imperialist analyze with a consistent depiction of Vietnam as nothing more than a war.
After a powerful and excellent introduction that lives up to our highest expectations, the problem lies in the clumsy plot development and messy film aesthetics between this very promising beginning and a similar conclusion.
With the notable exception of a few scenes that prove the rule, the story is too erratic and hazy to give the film the grandeur it deserves. Because it is America-centric and fails to apply genuine anti-imperialist analyze with a consistent depiction of Vietnam as nothing more than a war.