They should name an award for ham-handed preachiness after Dalton Trumbo, with this “directed by and based on his novel” as prime excuse. Timothy Bottoms stars as an unfortunate soldier in World War One who lives on even after getting his arms, legs and face blown off. As he lies in a hospital bed unable to communicate, he reminisces about his family and girlfriend and dreams/hallucinates conversations with Jesus (Donald Sutherland). The gag runs thin in a hurry, repeating anti-war messages over and over until even the dimmest of audience members must be ready to start screaming, “Okay, I get it!” Further, the twist that finally brings the grim tale to a close has a distinct “you could have thought of that earlier” quality. Overall this was better as a Metallica video than as a movie. Mildly amusing
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