We Were Soldiers [Blu-ray] by Randall Wallace, starring Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein: DVDNear.com

We Were Soldiers [Blu-ray]

We Were Soldiers [Blu-ray]
by Randall Wallace

List Price: ~~$11.06~~
Our Price: $11.02
You Save: $10.93 (50%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $7.12 (click here)
Category: Blu-ray
See more DVD releases

Compare Prices for We Were Soldiers [Blu-ray]

Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada

DVD Cover Information

Actor: Chris Klein, Greg Kinnear, Madeleine Stowe, Mel Gibson, Sam Elliott
Director: Randall Wallace
Brand: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
Writer: Randall Wallace
Writer: Harold G. Moore
Writer: Joseph L. Galloway
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 138 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2008-06-03
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount

Write your own review

Summary of We Were Soldiers [Blu-ray]

The year is 1965 and America is at War with North Vietnam. Commanding the air cavalry is Lt. Col. Hal Moore (Gibson), a born leader committed to his troops. His target: the La Drang Valley, called "The Valley of Death." As Moore prepares for one of the most violent battles in U.S. history, he delivers a stirring promise to his soldiers and their families: "I will leave no man behind?dead or alive. We will all come home together."

Based on the book by Lt. Col. Harold Moore (ret.) and journalist Joseph Galloway, We Were Soldiers offers a dignified reminder that the Vietnam War yielded its own crop of American heroes. Departing from Hollywood's typically cynical treatment of the war, writer-director Randall Wallace focuses on the first engagement of American soldiers with the North Vietnamese enemy in November 1965. Moore (played with colorful nuance by Mel Gibson) and nearly 400 inexperienced troopers from the U.S. Air Cavalry were surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese Army soldiers, and the film re-creates this brutal firefight with graphic authenticity, while telling the parallel story of grieving army wives back home. While UPI reporter Galloway (Barry Pepper) risks his life to chronicle the battle, Wallace offers a balanced (though somewhat fictionalized) perspective while eliciting laudable performances from an excellent cast. Like the best World War II dramas of the 1940s, We Were Soldiers pays tribute to brave men while avoiding the pitfalls of propaganda. --Jeff Shannon

Similar DVD Movies

Flags of Our Fathers [Blu-ray]
Paramount; Release date: 2008-06-03; Blu-ray
Best price: $12.87
Price in other shops: ~~$29.99~~

The Last Samurai [Blu-ray]
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2006-11-14; Blu-ray
Best price: $6.72
Price in other shops: ~~$14.98~~

Enemy at the Gates [Blu-ray]
LAW,JUDE; Release date: 2009-05-19; Blu-ray
Best price: $11.34
Price in other shops: ~~$14.99~~

Platoon (Two-Disc Blu-ray/ DVD Combo)
MGM; Release date: 2011-05-24; Blu-ray
Best price: $8.98
Price in other shops: ~~$29.99~~

Letters from Iwo Jima [Blu-ray]
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2007-05-22; Blu-ray
Best price: $8.91
Price in other shops: ~~$19.98~~

Hamburger Hill [Blu-ray] [Region B]
Blu-ray
Best price: $18.12

The Patriot (Extended Cut) [Blu-ray]
Patriot; Release date: 2007-07-03; Published: 2007-07-01; Blu-ray
Best price: $11.83
Price in other shops: ~~$26.99~~

Windtalkers [Blu-ray]
Sony; Release date: 2006-11-28; Blu-ray
Best price: $5.85
Price in other shops: ~~$19.99~~

Black Hawk Down [Blu-ray]
Black Hawk; Release date: 2006-11-14; Blu-ray
Best price: $11.86
Price in other shops: ~~$26.99~~

Saving Private Ryan (Sapphire Series) [Blu-ray] Image

Saving Private Ryan (Sapphire Series) [Blu-ray]
DRM; Release date: 2010-05-04; Blu-ray
Best price: $14.31
Price in other shops: ~~$29.99~~

We Were Soldiers [Blu-ray]