Here is a war movie that understands how wars are actually fought. After Stealth and its high-tech look-alikes, which make warfare look like a video game, The Great Raid shows the hard work and courage of troops whose reality is danger and death.

The difference between Stealth and The Great Raid is the difference between the fantasies of the Pentagon architects of "shock and awe" and the reality of the Marines who were killed in Iraq recently.