New film strikes patriotic note as US fights wars

"The Great Raid" is an old-style World War Two movie about U.S. Army Rangers rescuing prisoners of war, but its makers caution it should not be seen as "flag-waving" for America's military today. Pitching a war film at a time when tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers are at war in Iraq and Afghanistan invites comparisons to the patriotic black-and-white war movies of the 1940s that tried to boost morale at home and on the front. Claudia Parsons reports for Reuters.

Posted by brian on Aug 15, 2005 at 03:15PM | Categories: Movies