One of the best vietnam war movies ever!!
Added 2/13/2009
One of the best vietnam war movies ever!! Unique in seeing a perspective from the other countries side.
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Firepower Again Fails to Define a Cause
Added 1/25/2009
History repeats until we learn that firepower without a cause, represented by Beau Bridges, cannot define a cause. If Socrates was right, then Plato's firepower as prime mover fails as hyper-idealogy of a neocon i.e. "Trotsky Strauss Philbyite Schlesinger Guy Bannister's police-military keynesian cold war liberal" intervention, to define a cause. Firepower without a cause includes black propaganda, which as lies are only more naked firepower, for example LBJ's Tonkin lie or Iraq WMD/911 lies.
The movie does hold out a hope that we will see each other through the fog of gameboy gunboy advertising for firepower as its own cause as neo-Platonic prime mover and a case of might-makes-right, which is also firepower without a cause defined as a cause by neo-Darwinism. Seeing each other requires de-familiarizing blinding propaganda stereotypes.
In the 1950's Ed Lansdale, CIA, injected the unelectable Ngo Dinh Diem as unelected premier, replacing electable Dr. Ton Hoan and raping the political spectrum by Diem-Nhu oligarchy's fascism, removing every demographic pillar of a non-Stalinist and non-fascist SVN, so that SVN would **need** firepower. Since firepower as neo-platonic prime mover and darwin's might-makes-right zeroaster moloch baptizer never actually defines a cause other than war profits, firepower extends that opportunity indefinitely. When Agent O was about to upstage Jackie O with liabilities for AO, lock in profits by leaving.
Haing Ngor died where? In the most dangerous place in the world, when a cloud of little ice people fell and make a big pile. Thank you, Haing, for seeing us little snowflakes who killed you by piling on as a team. Oops. We have his movies though. We could see Iraqis and Palestinians and Iranians and talk to them. Vietnam, heard of it? They won as we greatly feared, but we are not harmed thereby, are we? Fear makes a little platonic ice crystal prime mover for greed-heads to pile on those with causes. A pile of dry snowflakes has to melt a little to make an igloo, because police-military keynesianism is not utopia.
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Interesting twist on tired NAM flicks...
Added 5/3/2005
I give this uber low-budget Vietnam movie a salute for showing the Enemy side of the conflict through an objective lens. I've watched alot of Vietnam movies, most of which suffer from low-budget historical inaccuracies in weapons, uniforms, vehicles: mainly because its no longer possible to acquire all US-Vietnam era gear from renting third world armories, like in the Philipines. This movie has those flaws but most war movies w/out big budgets from the 80's did, so bear that in mind.
The intro shows the main character, Han, a Viet Cong, snipe down to 2 Americans in the triple canopy forest: they all look like just kids...Beau Bridges plays an American officer who eventually falls into the hands of the Viet Cong. Han is forced to take him on a forced march back to his communist superiors; away from a meglomaniac ambitious comrade who is angerly pursuing. Clearly shows the Viet Cong's use of terrorism as Han assignments involve assignation and hit squads against their more vulnerable enemies. The final confrontation involves a large battle.
Despite some melodramitic moments, this movie definetly made me think about the opposing force's view of the Vietnam War and read the Sorrow of War, by Dith Pran: the most sobering book I have ever read, about Vietnam or any other conflict.
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While obviously not a high budget film, this one delivers with great battle scenes and an awesome story. Definitely needs to be on DVD and i'm very surprised it's not. The film artfully cuts through scenes from both the VC and American points of view and although cheesy and a bit stereotypical in it's representation of the Viet Cong, I have yet to see a Vietnam film that does justice to them and attempts to protray them as honestly this one does. I loved this movie, the final battle scene is so wicked. It's not one of those gung ho, totally unbelivable movies where the hero kill 100 enemy and still lives. This film is gripping and you will be glued to your seat as events slowly unfold. I only wish it was 3 hours long! Things like this really happened in the war and the writers and directors should be commended at doing such a wonderfull job of protraying it. Get it for the sweet battle scenes if nothing else. This film is a true gem in the rough for those really interested in the history of this war, and are tired of the same old unrealistic war movies that have been produced in Hollywood.
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Low budget with high budget qualities
Added 10/3/2003
The Iron Triangle kept me watching. Their were storylines and characters that I wish were expanded on like the relationship with Ho(played by Liam Whatley) and his girlfriend. Their was a beautifull final battle scene where the sound became operatic in a religious sort of way. It reall made the battle scenes more poignant. I thought those scenes were very well filmed and special effects great. The scene where Ho's Girlfriend gets spotted in the chaos of battle by the arch enemy captain of the South Viet. Army but gets his was a great scene as well as the ball crucher that every male watching would cringe too. All in all worth it.
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One of the best vietnam war movies ever!!
Added 2/13/2009
One of the best vietnam war movies ever!! Unique in seeing a perspective from the other countries side.
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Firepower Again Fails to Define a Cause
Added 1/25/2009
History repeats until we learn that firepower without a cause, represented by Beau Bridges, cannot define a cause. If Socrates was right, then Plato's firepower as prime mover fails as hyper-idealogy of a neocon i.e. "Trotsky Strauss Philbyite Schlesinger Guy Bannister's police-military keynesian cold war liberal" intervention, to define a cause. Firepower without a cause includes black propaganda, which as lies are only more naked firepower, for example LBJ's Tonkin lie or Iraq WMD/911 lies.
The movie does hold out a hope that we will see each other through the fog of gameboy gunboy advertising for firepower as its own cause as neo-Platonic prime mover and a case of might-makes-right, which is also firepower without a cause defined as a cause by neo-Darwinism. Seeing each other requires de-familiarizing blinding propaganda stereotypes.
In the 1950's Ed Lansdale, CIA, injected the unelectable Ngo Dinh Diem as unelected premier, replacing electable Dr. Ton Hoan and raping the political spectrum by Diem-Nhu oligarchy's fascism, removing every demographic pillar of a non-Stalinist and non-fascist SVN, so that SVN would **need** firepower. Since firepower as neo-platonic prime mover and darwin's might-makes-right zeroaster moloch baptizer never actually defines a cause other than war profits, firepower extends that opportunity indefinitely. When Agent O was about to upstage Jackie O with liabilities for AO, lock in profits by leaving.
Haing Ngor died where? In the most dangerous place in the world, when a cloud of little ice people fell and make a big pile. Thank you, Haing, for seeing us little snowflakes who killed you by piling on as a team. Oops. We have his movies though. We could see Iraqis and Palestinians and Iranians and talk to them. Vietnam, heard of it? They won as we greatly feared, but we are not harmed thereby, are we? Fear makes a little platonic ice crystal prime mover for greed-heads to pile on those with causes. A pile of dry snowflakes has to melt a little to make an igloo, because police-military keynesianism is not utopia.
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Interesting twist on tired NAM flicks...
Added 5/3/2005
I give this uber low-budget Vietnam movie a salute for showing the Enemy side of the conflict through an objective lens. I've watched alot of Vietnam movies, most of which suffer from low-budget historical inaccuracies in weapons, uniforms, vehicles: mainly because its no longer possible to acquire all US-Vietnam era gear from renting third world armories, like in the Philipines. This movie has those flaws but most war movies w/out big budgets from the 80's did, so bear that in mind.
The intro shows the main character, Han, a Viet Cong, snipe down to 2 Americans in the triple canopy forest: they all look like just kids...Beau Bridges plays an American officer who eventually falls into the hands of the Viet Cong. Han is forced to take him on a forced march back to his communist superiors; away from a meglomaniac ambitious comrade who is angerly pursuing. Clearly shows the Viet Cong's use of terrorism as Han assignments involve assignation and hit squads against their more vulnerable enemies. The final confrontation involves a large battle.
Despite some melodramitic moments, this movie definetly made me think about the opposing force's view of the Vietnam War and read the Sorrow of War, by Dith Pran: the most sobering book I have ever read, about Vietnam or any other conflict.
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