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Go Tell the Spartans

1978 · 114 min

A grim, clear-eyed slog through a doomed outpost, heavy with futility and the sense that history is repeating itself.

Directed by
Ted Post
Genres
War
Tagline
We're getting strafed, shelled, bombed, and blasted. And it isn't even our damned war!
Overview
A unit of American military advisors in Vietnam prior to the major U.S. involvement finds similarities between their helpless struggle against the Viet Cong and the doomed actions of a French unit at the same site a decade before.

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Directed by
Ted Post
Genres
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • fate
  • corruption
  • survival
  • guilt
Places
  • wilderness
  • military
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Action6
Horror4
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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