Word: besting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more disappointing that this project coordinated by an award-winning director and staffed by a mostly stellar cast fails to live up to its promise and its potential. In Country is burdened by a badly written screenplay and a poor performance by co-star Emily Lloyd. Ultimately, the best of intentions and outstanding performances by co-star Bruce Willis and a very capable supporting cast are not enough for In Country to fulfill its potential as a true and meaningful commentary on an important and ongoing American experience...
...film opens as a group of American combat soldiers stand before a C-130 transport plane ready to carry them to the Vietnamese front. A voice from above the plane perhaps that of their sergeant tells them that they are the best soldiers that America has to offer and that they are about to go out and teach a bunch of "communist gooks" to respect America...
...swamp in Vietnam where that group of American soldiers is quickly shot down by the Viet Cong. It changes again to a high school graduation in 1989 where the commencement speaker tells his audience in words hauntingly reminiscent of that wartime sergeant that the class of '89 is the best America has to offer and that by struggling hard, they can forge an America that the world will respect once again...
Both squads had ample opportunity to score the rest of the half, but neither could find the net. Stanford's best opportunity came at the 28-minute mark after a bobbled save by Reilly, which he quickly recovered with the help of diving sophomore defender Josh Morris...
...Reilly played superb and Morris and Brian Enge had their best games of the year," Getman said. "[Morris and Enge] played more relaxed...