1 month ago 09th Oct 10:27
Steven Spielberg's World War II epic Saving Private Ryan has just been piped at the post as FemaleFirst's best war movie that is a fictional story of one squad's search for a lost soldier to send him home.
Set during the Invasion of Normandy the opening scenes, set on Omaha beach, are considered some of the most powerful war images ever committed to film in this genre as well as bringing together an impressive cast.
Nothing could have prepared the soldiers at Omaha Beach for the battle they are about to wage. Filled with hope and resolve, none of them knows if they will survive the small strip of beach ahead of them.
As his eyes scan the Normandy coast, Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) believes that getting himself and his men past the gauntlet is the greatest challenge he has faced in the war. But his most difficult task still lies ahead.
Even as the Allied forces begin to get a foothold at Omaha, Miller is ordered to take his squad behind enemy lines on a dangerous mission to find and retrieve one man: Private James Ryan (Matt Damon).
The youngest of four brothers, Ryan is the last survivor, the other three having all been killed in action within days of one another two in Normandy and a third in New Guinea.
As the squad pushes deeper into enemy territory, Captain Miller's men find themselves questioning their orders. Why is one man worth risking eight... why is the life of this private worth more than their own?
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