We Were Soldiers
(2002)
★ 7.1 IMDb · 2,360 votes
Year: 2002
Runtime: 138 мин
Country: Germany, United States of America
Director: Randall Wallace
Cast: Мел Гибсон, Мэделин Стоу, Грег Киннир, Сэм Эллиотт, Крис Клейн, Кери Расселл, Барри Пеппер, Đơn Dương, Райан Херст, Роберт Багнелл
Plot
The year is 1965 and America is at war with North Vietnam. Commanding the air cavalry is Lt. Col. Hal Moore (Gibson), a born leader committed to his troops. His target: the Ia Drang Valley, called "The Valley of Death." As Moore prepares for one of the most violent battles in U.S. history, he delivers a stirring promise to his soldiers and their families: "I will leave no man behind...dead or alive. We will all come home together."
A telling of the 1st Battalion, 7 Cavalry Regiment, 1st Calvary Division's battle against overwhelming odds in the Ia Drang valley of Vietnam in 1965. Seen through the eyes of the battalion's commander, Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore (played by Mel Gibson), we see him take command of the battalion and its preparations to go into Vietnam. We also see how the French had, years earlier, been defeated in the same area. The battle was to be the first major engagement between U.S. and N.V.A. forces in South Vietnam, and showed the use of helicopters as mobility providers and assault support aircraft.