We’ve seen Tom Hanks as a baseball player, an astronaut, and a lovesick widower, but his performance as Captain Miller might surprisingly be his best. It was hard to picture Hanks as a soldier before Saving Private Ryan, but Steven Spielberg makes wonderful use of his everyman persona to make this visceral war movie even more powerful.

Join us as we dissect this modern classic with one of the most eclectic casts you’ll ever see — Vin Diesel, Ted Danson, Dennis Farina! — and determine where it stands in the pantheon of Tom’s vast filmography.

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