Dawning Of The Amazing Movie

The movie Rescue Dawn by the director Werner Herzog is an amazing film about the true story of Dieter Dengler and his trek through Laos' wilderness. This film is set during the Vienam war and tells how Lt. Dengler survived a P.O.W. camp and attempted to rescue other american soldiers. This film can be realated to another film that I've seen recently called Apolcalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola, since both of these films take place during the vietnam war i find it interesting to compare both films and the directors style in them. Coppola's film used a much more expensive budget and you can tell throughout the movie because a lot more of his movie took place in the middle of the action. Both films however show what can happen to a persons mind when they are in a stressful situation such as a war, the character played by Steve Zahn starts to go crazy near the end of the film much like you could see the insanity in Sheen's character. There are also many other characters in the prison camp that show insanity much like you would expect from a person in their situation, you can see that all of them are malnurished and look like they would die right then and there if you were to poke them with a stick. On the other hand there are many distinct differences between the films, such as what and where things occur. Rescue Dawn is much more of a psychological film because there is not much action aside from the opening scene, it takes you much more in depth of how a prisoner of war would have felt. Apocalypse was filled with tons of gunfire and special effects and didn't really give you that mellow vibe. Altogether both of these films are spectacular and give you great insight as to what may have gone on during the war.