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Hamburger Hill Reviews

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Because Hamburger Hill was released less than a year after Oliver Stone's Platoon and within months of Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, this exceptionally well-made film about one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War was largely overshadowed and overlooked. It's a pity, because in some respects this is the best of .. Read more

Starring	Anthony Barrile, Tim Quill, Michael Dolan, Don James
Director	John Irvin
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama

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- "...[Not since APOCALYPSE NOW] has there been spectacle to equal the scenes showing the dropping of phosphorous bombs in the jungle....Vance is particularly fine..."
- 9053
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
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- - 14
  - 2
  Disappointing
  
  Not in the same league as Platoon or Apocalypse Now. I found the acting quite wooden and the characters were not particularly realistic. Didn't capture the ... read more »
  
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  - Bedfordshire, England
  - 23 Apr 2005 at 18:22
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- - 0
  - 0
  Good Vietnam flick.
  
  Love this film and I really feel this is a very under rated Vietnam flick....maybe in a similar way to how overlooked Donnie Brasco is in terms the way its ... read more »
  
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- - KEVtheIRV
  - 8 reviews
  - Jarrow
  - 22 Feb 2012 at 20:51
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  Defiantly one of the most underrated war films out there!
  
  Watched this film last night, very impressed by the FX, cinematography and realness of the scenery, quite an achievement considering this was many of the actors... read more »
  
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  - 27 May 2011 at 13:38
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  - 4
  Very boring, and a waste of my time.
  
  This film was very disapointing, very poor story.
  
  Its the 1st war film that I've watched and you hardly see the enemy, very weird.
  
  The... read more »
  
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- - PEDRO1982
  - 12 reviews
  - Shetland
  - 03 Feb 2011 at 13:37
- - 0
  - 0
  Linklater gets the draft...
  
  I’m gonna put it right out on front street that I had unrealistically high expectations of this movie. You see, although I was eight years old when this ... read more »
  
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  - pjsp06
  - 6 reviews
  - Milton Keynes
  - 11 Oct 2010 at 12:07
- - 2
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  Great quotable moments
  
  01:04:32 Take a look at that map.
  
  01:04:37 Sergent.
  
  01:04:44 We are in Ashau valley.
  
  01:04:47 and we ain't going no... read more »
  
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- - Princessbunny
  - 1 review
  - London
  - 01 Apr 2010 at 13:35
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  Very good film if taken on it's own merits
  
  This film is a very good film. Of course there are other Vietnam films that are better, such as Full Metal Jacket, but I think Hamburger Hill suffers from what... read more »
  
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  - Fife
  - 16 Mar 2010 at 13:24
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  Judge for yourself
  
  Hamburger Hill is a forgotten classic, take no notice of bad reviews for this film, it may not be as crisp as Platoon but it is a superior film to Full Metal ... read more »
  
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- - aircav
  - 2 reviews
  - Pulborough
  - 11 Jul 2009 at 13:44
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  - 0
  a must
  
  a must film for all fans off war films should be in all dvd collections
  
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- - SQUIZ
  - 12 reviews
  - Margate
  - 12 Apr 2009 at 16:03
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  War is Hell!!!
  
  I prefer this to Platoon, just good acting and not bogged down by SFX, good story worth as watch.
  
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  - WAKEFIELD
  - 15 Jan 2009 at 14:27
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  not to bad not to good
  
  this was recommended to me by a friens , it took two attepmts to watch. but the stories of the soldiors was good but a bit dragged out.
  
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  - Gourock
  - 05 Dec 2008 at 12:23
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- - 14
  - 2
  Disappointing
  
  Not in the same league as Platoon or Apocalypse Now. I found the acting quite wooden and the characters were not particularly realistic. Didn't capture the ... read more »
  
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- 95868
- [Highly rated reviewer]
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  - Bedfordshire, England
  - 23 Apr 2005 at 18:22
- - 6
  - 1
  Great War Film!
  
  I love war films, and I certainly recommend this movie!
  
  Hamburger Hill is based on a true event during the Vietnam War and I believe this to be a ... read more »
  
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- - Marty73
  - Essex
  - 22 Nov 2004 at 13:16
- - 3
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  We've been up on that hill ten times, and they still don't think we're serious
  
  War is hell and this is a good war movie and so not suited to most viewers. I would recommend to them that they check a more mainstream hollywoodised movie ... read more »
  
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- - Rhodri
  - 2 reviews
  - wales
  - 26 Jul 2006 at 03:10
- - 3
  - 1
  not again
  
  Well americans still have to make a convincing film of vietnam.
  
  Yes they do blood and guts ,but never seem to get away from the navel gazing
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- - PennyG
  - 5 reviews
  - Craven Arms
  - 07 Jul 2004 at 08:24
- - 3
  - 1
  Pants
  
  If only I could give this no stars.
  
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  - England
  - 11 Jun 2006 at 11:27
- - 2
  - 0
  Great quotable moments
  
  01:04:32 Take a look at that map.
  
  01:04:37 Sergent.
  
  01:04:44 We are in Ashau valley.
  
  01:04:47 and we ain't going no... read more »
  
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- - Princessbunny
  - 1 review
  - London
  - 01 Apr 2010 at 13:35
- - 1
  - 0
  Not very good!
  
  If you are looking for a really good war film then I wouldn't recommend Hamburger Hill - you might be better off buying a tin of white gloss paint and ... read more »
  
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  - Leicester
  - 21 Apr 2006 at 13:58
- - 1
  - 1
  Good Film
  
  the film is excellently made but horrific and just goes to show that there are some people who are not as brilliant as they think they are and do make mistakes... read more »
  
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- 21971
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  - Scotland
  - 16 Oct 2004 at 16:04
- - 0
  - 0
  poorest of all vietnam films
  
  well, if you want to see real gratuitous violence and terrible over-acting then this is the film for you. It is trying desperately to out-do much better films ... read more »
  
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  - Bromley, England
  - 01 Jun 2005 at 08:44
- - 0
  - 0
  Great War Film..
  
  I love war films, and I certainly recommend this movie!
  
  Hamburger Hill is based on a true event during the Vietnam War and I believe this to be a ... read more »
  
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- 132692
- - Marty
  - London
  - 17 Dec 2004 at 14:32

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- Hamburger Hill - Blu-ray
  
  On the 11th of May in 1969, troops of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division engaged the enemy at the base of Hill 937 in the Ashau Valley. Ten days and eleven bloody assaults later--which resulted in 70 per cent casualties--the troops who fought there called it 'Hamburger Hill'. Based on a true story....

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  Because Hamburger Hill was released less than a year after Oliver Stone's Platoon and within months of Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, this exceptionally well-made film about one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War was largely overshadowed and overlooked. It's a ...