A 30-year-old satirical comedy war movie with a 12% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes is surprisingly realistic, according to a retired US Army Drill Sergeant. Throughout film history, there have been a plethora of war films that have captured the realism of combat and what life was like during times of great strife around the world. This includes everything from historically accurate World War II movies like Patton and Letters from Iwo Jima, to those surrounding other conflicts, like Platoon (set during the Vietnam War) and Black Hawk Down (set during the Battle of Mogadishu).