Legion of Honor (2002)

Legion of Honor (2002). 1h 30m

“three screenplay writers including the original author and director crafted this lukewarm screenplay. what we saw was a bunch of young men who came from all different regions or countries to blindly joined the french foreign legion, a mercenary-like commissioned army to deal with the Algeria uproar fighting Franceu0026#39;s colonization for independence. i have to say that all the young men who played the recruits of the french legion did great performances, their roles were very tough and rough, not an easy job to play those roles. but in the meantime, they looked not quite competent, especially the main character, the English young man who joined the force just because he got a broken heart from an unsuccessful romance in england. this young actor, although did a pretty nice performance, but at the same time, also a pretty bad cast. too youngish, too baby faced and also looked too unconvincingly weak. his best friend and comrade then became a turned coat who joined the opposition insurgent was a better cast but still not quite fit the role. the fighting scenes were brutal but not well directed and performed. if compare to similar historical background u0026#39;intimate enemyu0026#39;, u0026#39;incendisu0026#39; and several other great ones, this u0026#39;deserteru0026#39; would not even qualified as a good movie, just a lame, lukewarm movie that failed to connect the audiences or a viewer like me.”