ClassyWas Excellent, smart action film.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Uriah43 This movie begins with a Green Berets officer named "Colonel Mike Kirby" (John Wayne) receiving orders to put together a small team and relocating them to a hastily built garrison called "A Camp 107" which is located in the northern part of South Vietnam bordering both Laos and Cambodia. Also traveling with them is a reporter by the name of "George Beckworth" (David Janssen) who doesn't believe that the United States should be involved in this conflict and needs to see things first hand to ascertain the truth. But as convinced as he is nothing can prepare him for what he finds at "A Camp 107". Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this film has more than its share of right-wing bias which is clearly demonstrated by its appeal to patriotism and openly promulgated by a "good guys versus bad guys" mindset. To be sure, there have been other films produced after this one which present a more left-wing view and they are often just as dogmatic in their perspective. Be that as it may, despite the obvious bias, this film contains a good amount of action, some decent comedy here and there and a rather touching moment at the end. That said, while this certainly isn't a great movie by any means, I thought it was still entertaining for the most part I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.

Tracy Winters The Duke goes to Vietnam with a flag wrapped around his body (and his mind) to fight a modern day war with World War II patriotism and the result is a can of rotting spam.Wayne's cronies Cabot and Hutton are along for the ride to try and show that America is truly #1, though it's hard to think Vietnam was a place where Wayne's officers would put on a tuxedo in the evening and frequent the posh nightclubs of Saigon.Not a war movie for the guys who served in Vietnam nor for anyone else who is concerned with true history, because this film is baloney.'Provo' is played by Luke Askew, the hippie whom Peter Fonda picks up on the highway in 'Easy Rider'.

Edgar Allan Pooh . . . to accept its first-ever losing war effort after more than 200 years of military success. Wayne and his family produce, direct, and star in THE GREEN BERETS (and they must have wished that they had written its title song, too, as there is not one mention of Barry Sadler in the opening or closing credits). In the first hour and a half of this flick, Mr. Wayne meticulously documents American War Crimes, such as using journalists and medics as artillery and riflemen. Wayne shows that GREEN BERET training is so pedestrian that any random middle-aged newspaper man can step into the front line and do at least as well as the guys "trained" at Fort Bragg, NC. It's no wonder that GREEN BERET base "#A107" fares little better than did the defenders of THE ALAMO (an earlier Wayne (flick), or that the Pre-teen girls trusting the BERETS with their safety are gang-banged to death by the enemy. In the final hour of BERETS, both of the comic relief squad members are killed, though just one of their bodies is actually recovered (Wayne depicts the BERETS as frequently abandoning their dead and wounded). It's too bad that John did not screen this film for his buddy, President Milhouse Nixon, as that may have stopped this Vietnam debacle five years sooner. Thank goodness we have Navy S.E.A.L.s today!

utgard14 John Wayne picks two "A-teams" of green berets for a special mission into South Vietnam. He has to bring along reporter David Janssen, who believes America should withdraw from the war. This one's controversial and divisive, principally among political types. I gotta tell you that sort of thing bores me to tears. Still, I've avoided watching this for years because of its reputation. I had no desire to see Duke in a clunker if I could avoid it. I was happily surprised when I finally did watch it. This is a pretty good war movie with some solid performances and a great theme song. The little Vietnamese kid was pretty treacly stuff, though. If you enjoy John Wayne movies, you should enjoy this one.