If you loved Go Tell the Spartans, try We Were Soldiers
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the raw mood tag, and they sit in War territory. If that's the register that drew you to Go Tell the Spartans, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What We Were Soldiers is
Vietnam, 1965, helicopters buzzing. Lt. Col. Hal Moore leads air cavalry into the Ia Drang Valley, a battlefield known as the Valley of Death, where Moore's vow to his troops will be tested. Randall Wallace brings a traditional war film sensibility to this battle epic.

