After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

This has to be by far the worse movie of my life time, not authentic in any way shape or form, wrong uniforms, carrying fake guns used for high school honor guard, terrible, did I say terrible acting and directing. Save yourself some time and run now. I have seen high school kids with a camera put out better stuff goofing around. As a member of the military they could at least get the setting, uniforms and equipment right. How anybody can put this out and call this a movie is beyond me. Why netflex or anybody would even list this as a movie baffles the mind. No true plot to boot, just rambles on with no reason to it. I should have been paid for my time just watching this unfortunate piece of work someone tried to pass off as a movie.

This was the worst movie ever made about Vietnam,was Mr black born in N.Vietnam? he made our troops look like bumbling idiots! their uniforms were wrong the shoes were wrong,the weapons ,didn't you ever read a book on the subject?he shot everything in 1 acre of land.and those lines through the whole movie to make it look old, please! you should have shot it in 8mm or 35mm and then scratched yourself then it would have looked like a documentary.I saw all the credits at the end of this thing and every one of them was by Joe black! except the cater for food maybe this is what Joe should do, cater. I hope this critique helps you with your future work that is in your mind,take your time, think before you do. You are young learn from your mistakes. Ezekiel

Like another reviewer I am curious about the voting pattern. Not that it concerns me one little bit, but where is the reviews from the 20 or so people who gave this full marks. I am very interested in hearing their opinion on how they could see this as a faultless movie. I assume Joe & his pals have read the opinions published here, where so far it has been 1 out of ten from everyone. Let's have some articles from the 10 'brigade' & enlighten us to what we have missed. I am all for giving people a second chance & if Joe Black dares to make another movie lets hope for his sake he has learned from his mistakes with this one. We watch movies to be entertained in various ways, whether its to laugh or cry or scream in horror. That's the beauty of the movies. But when the odd turkey comes along well before Christmas, the creator of such a mess must be informed honestly what people think in order for him or her to improve. I did try to watch this a couple of times but never got past the 20 minute mark. I wouldn't know where to begin explaining how bad it was. Nothing worked & nothing was believable, even when people screamed in agony it was done badly. This will find itself in bargain bins very quickly so if you are thinking of buying it just wait a few weeks and it should only set you back a quid.

This movie should be re-branded as a comedy. If anyone tells you they have seen the worse movie ever made, you can always ask them if they have seen 'When Soldiers Cry'? This easily is the worse movie I have ever seen by a long stretch. Most reviewers here only lasted 10 minutes or so... well I watched the whole thing & that took some doing. We have a soap opera here in Ireland called 'Fair City' which has the worse acting in history... well now I know where the rejects from the Fair City auditions go... to Joe Blacks back garden to make a movie. Even the props mans budget only allowed him to go to the pound shop & pick up a couple of plastic guns... it would have made my day if water had come from them when they were fired! Howthis has made it even to DVD is astounding. If someone gives you this for nothing it's too expensive. I ended up laughing at how bad this was & moved the DVD from the War section to the comedy one where it belongs!