The Green Berets

"Brother, this trip is gonna make LSD feel like aspirin!"  Made at the height of the Vietnam War (at a point when public opinion was beginning to turn firmly against the war), The Green Berets gained great controversy for its support of American involvement, as well as its portrayal of competent South Vietnamese soldiers.*  Partially directed by (and starring) John Wayne (who was a steadfast supporter of the war), the film is less inflammatory today, seeing as how the conflict has been over for many years (although one could still imagine that many veterans would probably be upset over the film's content even to this day).  Neither particularly good nor particularly bad, The Green Berets is a decent war film, and an above-average action film (with some surprising martial arts action).  Co-starring Jim Hutton, Aldo Ray, George Takei, and David Janssen, the film deals with a group of American special ops soldiers (nicknamed "Green Berets" for the hats they wear) in Vietnam tackling several missions, including defending a camp and capturing an enemy general.  Extremely violent for its rating (G), the film is quite tame compared to the war films of today (blood squibs are used only in one scene, and deaths mostly involve just falling over with a Wilhelm Scream), not to mention films that would come a year later (such as The Wild Bunch) or even that same year (Bullitt).
Again, this is neither a good film nor a bad film - it's just average.  Makes for a great late-night film when you can't sleep, but otherwise offers little else in the way of high-quality entertainment or art.

Rating: 68/100
*In general, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN, or South Vietnamese Army) was poorly trained and cowardly (at least compared to American, South Korean, and Australian counterparts), and was the butt of many jokes.  However, many individual soldiers and units showed great skill and courage on the battlefield,  although there were not enough of these men to stop South Vietnam from being overrun by the Communist North Vietnamese in 1975.