Blu-ray Review – The Siege of Firebase Gloria

After 1986's "Platoon" cleaned up at the box office and claimed Oscar gold, the global film industry looked for ways to replicate the success with additional tales from the Vietnam War. Perhaps the most obscure of the bunch is 1989's "The Siege of Firebase Gloria," a particularly irritable offering of combat shock from director Brian Trenchard-Smith, the prolific author of numerous B-movies. Perhaps a more refined helming touch was in order, but Trenchard-Smith grasps the essentials of wartime behavior and duality with obvious passion. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com