This movie started out on a nice day and there's this old man walking and his family is walking behind him. The old man walks into a cemetery and breaks down by a grave. The movie then turns into a flashback of the Normandy invasion during WW2, which turns out to be a very bloody and gruesome battle.
Back in the United States, there is a discovery that a mother had lost three of her four sons out at war. Knowing that one of the four Ryan boys could still possibly be alive, one of the generals orders that they find him and send him home to his mother as soon as possible. So, 8 men are sent on an adventure to find the last Ryan son. The men don't exactly know where Private Ryan is though. They begin traveling though and come across a man who also goes by private Ryan. The men begin to explain to him the losses of his brothers and how they want to return him home. The man begins to panic and wonder how all of this happened because his brothers aren't involved in the war, they are attending school. The men realize that they obviously must have found the wrong guy.
The men continue to find the right Private Ryan. They find out that he should be in a place called Ramelle. The men finally get to Ramelle and find the real Private Ryan. They explain to the right Ryan that his brothers have all died and that he should go home to his mother immediately. Private Ryan does not want to go though. He explains to them that now his soldiers are like his only brothers and he can't just leave them. At this time, Ryan is trying to defend a bridge with him and his soldiers. Miller, one of the men who was sent to find Ryan, decides that they should stay and help. The Germans arrive and begin attacking and Miller is shot and dies, but before he dies Miller tells Ryan to earn it.
The movie then flashes back to where the old man, who is actually Private Ryan, is at Miller's grave. He begins crying and talking to it saying that he hoped he earned it.
I thought that this movie was pretty good! It's crazy to see how close the soldiers all become with one another and some become so close that they would risk their lives for each other. I felt really bad for Ryan's mother! Losing three of your four sons would be heartbreaking!
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