Meg Ryan and Denzel Washington star
in this Roshomon-style tale of a fighter pilot being investigated
to see if she deserves the Medal of Honor for her performance
in Operation Desert Storm. Not only is the pilot a girl,
but the stories of her surviving squad-mates don't match very
well and Washington must work overtime to try to sort the mess
out. What's more, the investigator has some skeletons to clean
out of his own closet before he can bask in the hard, clear light
of The Truth. The structure of this movie is interesting, but
the content is sort of revolting. Washington is consumed with
remorse for killing some of his men with friendly fire, but feels
nothing but lasting jingoistic triumph over blowing away scads
of faceless Iraqis, whom he also refers to as "fuckers."
If the thought of the strongest army in the world crushing a much
weaker force in order to protect its economic interests strikes
you as heroic, buy a ticket and have your patriotic chain yanked.
--Stacey Richter
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