Courage Under Fire (1996)

From NetFlix:

Lt. Col. Nathaniel Serling (Denzel Washington) heads an
investigation of the wartime activities of chopper pilot
Capt. Karen Walden (Meg Ryan) to verify that she’s posthumously
worthy of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Serling meets with
several soldiers who were under Walden’s command, including
Ilario (Matt Damon) and Monfriez (Lou Diamond Phillips). But
the men give conflicting accounts, so it’s up to Serling to
uncover the truth.

Kathy, Bev (a Movie Fan), and I watched this film together with the understanding that
if we were bored, we would eject. It starts with a Desert Storm battle scene which was
long enough to make us think we were starting to get bored. But we hung in there long
enough to get interested. The plot was intriguing enough to hold our interest. What really
happened back there in Iraq ? For my money, Lou Diamond Phillips as Monfriez
played a really intense role. The film is nothing special and a bag of popcorn might help.
Battle scenes might not be good for small children.

Not my first choice.

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