The Green Berets Review

Green Berets, The
Col Mike Kirby takes two teams into South Vietnam secure a camp and take out the North Vietnamese General.

by Andrew Collins |
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Release Date:

04 Jul 1968

Running Time:

0 minutes

Certificate:

PG

Original Title:

Green Berets, The

Though rightly condemned as crude propaganda once the war ended and Hollywood started making guilt-ridden, bleeding-heart Vietnam films instead, John Wayne's inevitable sortie into South-east Asia has stuff going for it, not least its hilarious script, dressed up to sound like a Western, one grunt actually using the words, "It kinda sets a man to thinkin'." It looks sharp on DVD anyway.

John Wayne's inevitable sortie into South-east Asia has stuff going for it, not least its hilarious script, dressed up to sound like a Western, one grunt actually using the words, "It kinda sets a man to thinkin'."
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