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The Finest Hour [VHS]

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3 star:		(1)
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I was in this film (as an extra). We had 3 SEALs on hand to make sure SEAL details stayed accurate. In addition, most of the extras portraying soldiers were either veterans of the US Army, the Marines or the Israeli Army. (Most of the action scenes were shot in Israel.) Rob Lowe will never know what it is to be a real soldier, and as an actor just learned to "talk the talk", but many of the others you see in uniform have also "walked the walk". This can be seen in the small details.

One word to describe this movie, AWSOME! I believe one of the best military movies, this side of Saving Private Ryan that was filmed. We need to contact the film makers to produce it in DVD Widescreen format really soon. I remember watching it 7 years ago on cable, and I thought it was before it's time. 5 stars all the way!.....

TFH is the SEAL film you've been waiting to see. The action sequences are spankin', exciting, and full of realistic-looking tactical detail. In comparison, G.I. Jane and Charlie Sheen's Navy SEALs were high-budget, big-hype Hollywood disappointments -- all promise, weak game.

Shimon Dotan is the only director to have successfully translated on film the general public's fantasy of Navy SEALs in training and in action.

Admittedly, the development of the lead characters' personal lives is slow, flat and dull by comparison. But the action scenes are so darn satisfying, I don't care.

I just wish they made many more films like this one.

This movie traces the lives of two navy seals buddies during operation Desert Shield or Desert Storm. It shows how these two buddies met, who they were, their lives as SEALS, the operation and the end of it all. Hammer played by Rob Lowe is the one who loves the job. He would put his life on the line for the SEALS any day and as the old phrase goes "wild horses could not drag me away". The other, Mesoley played by Gale Hansen is the more "it's a job" sort of guy he could take it or leave it. This movie explores these two men on a personal level. Hammer is the arrogant daredevil SEAL where Mesoley is the play it safe humble sort of SEAL their personalities contrast each other. The real victim of this story is played by Tracy Griffin, the woman torn between two lovers. The movie shows you quite a different side of war one from the perspective of someone who's been there. Its a movie that should be appreciated for its different view on the war and the affects it has on those who fight it. While it has everything you would expect as a war movie don't see it as purely a war movie this movie is more about two buddies caught in war and the price they had to pay for that war. I enjoyed this movie because it was different its not the average arrogant Navy SEALS movie definately worth a look if you're into that sort of thing.

Well, i thought this film was fantastic. Like others i'm also looking for the DVD version, but i don't think that's going to happen for a relatively unacclaimed 1991 flick. That is a shame, because not only does the soundtrack have something to offer, but the movie itself is a quality piece that shouldn't be overlooked. I felt that as far as war pictures go, the characters were fairly well developed. It had no set formula.. the two main characters form a seeminlgy invincible and tight team, but real life gets in the way. There is no enduring romance despite the casting of an attractive redhead, and yes, the good guys don't always live to fight another day. The casting of Rob Lowe as the prick/jackass was a stroke of genuis! Gale Hansen also played his bit to perfection. Overall, this is one of my favorites, if not the no.1 when it comes to war flicks. Yes, i've seen FMJ, Platoon(good), Saving P.Ryan, Navy Seals(doesn't even come close, sorry Mr.Sheen) etc etc.. The similar movies that i enjoyed as much as this that i can think of is Dr.Strangelove - but that along with Apocalyse Now, is more of a war-satire, so i class them in slightly different genres. In short, this movie is excellent if you are after more than just the oft-regurgitated "good guys kill all the incompetent bad guys en-masse" B-grade formula. Cool little monologue at the end too. Watch it.

A blend of action/adventure with romantic drama is attempted in this work completed soon after the "Desert Storm" imbroglio in the Middle East, showcasing Rob Lowe and Gale Hansen as U. S. Navy Seals sharing a desire for underwater military operations as well as for a comely marine biologist played by Tracy Griffith. As the film opens, Lawrence Hammer (Lowe) and Dean Meszoly (Hansen) become best friends while training in California to be Seals, where they meet and compete for favours from Barbara (Griffith); after the course is successfully completed, a Las Vegas sojourn for R & R is discontinued by sudden nuptials for Hammer and Barbara, an event that Dean regards with despair, and so the companionship of the young commandos is no more. The impending U.S./Iraq conflict, as orchestrated via "Desert Shield", forms the background for the picture's largest segment, as the two Naval officers, now become mini-sub specialists upon opposite American coasts, are reunited as members of a task force to be deployed near an island in the Strait of Hormuz where an Iraqi naval site is reportedly being developed in order to utilize biological warfare. During what is nearly a suicide mission, Hammer receives severe wounds, and Meszoly requests that Barbara come to Dubai to visit her husband in hospital, hopefully expediting recuperation, but Hammer soon joins his fellow Seals in a last chance foray to destroy the biochemical weapons, no matter what risks the team must take. The disparate components - personal relationships and combat daring - do not mesh here, primarily from a lack of directoral clarity, in addition to blocking gaffes, as improbabilities quickly become cliche, although there are some suspenseful moments. The production was shot at and about San Diego and its environs, with acting honours going to Hansen who creates a layered role; actual doctored film segments made during Desert Storm seem positively instructional in comparison with this feature, that additionally casts mainly Israeli players in Arab parts.

I thought this movie was very good. Buy it, you will like it.

Guys,this is the best, most realistic seal movie ever produced.

You have underwater rebreathers,MP5 SD3 suppressed weapons, TAC boards and all other high tech seal gizmos.But still could not see any underwater weaponry like those used by Speztnaz which propells 5 inch darts from 5.56mm cartridges in full auto.

The company should continue to produce this fantastic and highly memorable movie. I saw it when I was in Oklahoma. Please let me know when this title is available again. I have many military friends who wants to buy it. I am serious! Its the only technically accurate SEAL movie.

I thought this movie captured many true fact on are elite Navy SEALs. I hope to become a SEAL and one I see a movie like this it motavites my ming even farther.

This movie is one of the best NAVY SEAL movies out there.