Hambuger hill is unique by virtue of its unwillingness to participate in the current cycle of war-as-philosophical-metaphor Vietnam films and instead goes for a more coventionalapproach. Short on plot , the film derives its power from isolated moments: letters from home, chats, arguments, visits to a brothel, and of course, intense combat--all performed with vigor by an almost faceless ensemble of unknown actors spouting a nearly incomprehensible stream of GILingo.