The war movie has been a staple in world cinema since its inception. From D.W. Griffith's 1915 landmark "The Birth of a Nation" to Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam tour-de-force "Apocalypse Now" to Steven Spielberg's World War II epic "Saving Private Ryan," man's ability to destroy one another and all the consequences of those actions have made for some of the most compelling moments in the history of film.
That a firestorm of Gulf War pictures never made it to the cinema marketplace following the
