Under Heavy Fire Movie Review 2001

Formulaic "war is hell" story that has lots of flashbacks filled with rather graphic violence. In 1968, the Marines of Echo company came under a friendly fire bombing during a raid on an enemy village in 'Nam. The men blamed their captain, Ramsey (Van Dien), for the incident. Some 30 years later, the survivors (including Ramsey) meet up in Saigon at the request of journalist Kathleen (Otis) to get to the truth.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 118 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Vietnam War, Flashback, Front Page

Screenplay

Greg Mellott

Cast

Casper Van Dien, Carre Otis, Jaimz Woolvett, Bobby Hosea, Daniel Kash, Martin Kove

Cinematography

Curtis Petersen

Director

Sidney J. Furie

Music

Amin Bhatia