![]() ![]() For instance, Brashear sees the scars on Sunday's palms and we are to assume that he worked a plow, but there is no follow-up on that point. Billy Sunday (Robert De Niro) is a central figure, and except for the initial scene, the fistfight and a couple of scenes with his wife, we don't know much about him. ![]() Unfortunately, director George Tillman has tunnel vision in presenting the characters and eschews character development of various characters other than Brashear in favor of showing Brashear in a constant state of adversity. Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) is unquestionably a man of great courage and principle, and his strength of character shines through brightly in this film. The story is actually quite inspirational and is probably the best human-interest story among those mentioned above. This film is probably most like `GI Jane' since it focuses on the desegregation angle. The fact that this one happened to be true doesn't change the fact that the formula is the same. Among the more prominent we have, `Officer and a Gentleman', `Top Gun', `GI Jane', and now `Men of Honor'. Military training films are becoming so common that they are becoming a genre unto themselves.
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