Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'We Were Soldiers' right now, here are some key details about the Wheelhouse Entertainment, Motion Picture Production GmbH & Co. Erste KG, Paramount Pictures, Icon Productions action flick. We Were Soldiers starring Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott has a R rating, a runtime of about 2 hr 18 min. The release date of the movie is March 1st, 2002. The movie received a user score of 71/100 on TMDb, which comes from reviews from 2,173 contributing users.
Thinking about what happens in this film? Here's the plot: "The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it."
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'We Were Soldiers' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on March 1st, 2002
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
August 20th, 2002
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