A film of two halves

The first half, set in the harsh marine training camp is excellent - characters, suspense, and a shocking ending. The second, set in Vietnam (or London Docklands, with Sea King helicopters taking the place of Hueys), for me is disappointingly clichéd, and lacks the punch of the first half of the film. There are better Vietnam films out there - Platoon, Hamburger Hill, Tigerland.