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In 1975, refugee camps were set up across the deserts of the United States to house an exodus of over 100,000 Vietnamese immigrants before and immediately after the fall of Saigon. When Tai (Don Duong) arrives at Camp Pendleton, he is confronted by a camp filled with despair. Jim Lance (Patrick Swayze) is the Marine in charge of housing the refugees until sponsors can be found to help them assimilate into American life. Lance quickly commissions Tai, who speaks English, to translate for him. Prepare to embark on a remarkable journey as an unlikely bond of friendship is formed between two men from opposite sides of one of the world's most infamous and bloodiest wars.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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61%- Reviews Counted: 28
- Fresh: 17
- Rotten: 11
- Average Rating: 5.9/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: Drives for the same kind of bittersweet, conciliatory tone that Three Seasons achieved but loses its way in rhetorical excess and blatant sentimentality.
Fresh: A gracious, eloquent film that by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past forever lost.
Fresh: A lyrical, bittersweet film about what could be termed a by-product of battle.
Fresh: A conventional but heartwarming tale.
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A little better than ok, the individuals are at the mercy of larger forces and those are subject to even larger markets. As we ourselves are in a recession its obvious core values hard work and personal responsibility will get us through. There is the hope that if we do what our predecessors did, we could return to the prosperity we had.
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