1998 Steven Spielberg
Set during the D-Day landings of June 1944. You wouldn't think that thousands of Allied Troups had been fighting a war for the last 5 years, this is all about the Americans, in fact, I don't remember seeing any other soldiers apart from them and Germans.
Anyway, Tom Hanks plays a group captain charged with finding a soldier called Private Ryan and bringing him home alive as all three of his brothers have been killed in action and the Chief Of Staff thinks their mum would like to have at least one of her sons return from war.
Despite the rubbish story and the over-americanisation, I found it quite good. It starts with a bloody great big beach fight, brilliantly filmed and atmospheric and carries you along right to the end.
7.5/10
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