Zac Efron does a good job portraying John "Chickie" Donohue and his journey delivering beer to several enlisted men from his neighbourhood who were deployed in Vietnam. The idea of doing such a thing and that the movie is based on a true story, was what brought me into watching the movie. I have to say that it delivered a good balance between the seriousness of war and the sombre aspects of it, to the comedic madness of risking one's life running across a battlefield to share cans of beer. Overall I enjoyed the movie and would recommend it as I could easily see myself seeing it again. My score is around 7.5/10 with reasons for not scoring it higher being the introduction feeling a tad slow and characters that could use slightly more depth, however this improves further along the story. Have to include the war-photographer Coates played by Russell Crowe and his observations and comments during the dialogue with Chickie as one of the better scenes/moments of the film.

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