A fascinating first hour is drowned in the clichés of siege cinema.

Taps is a well crafted and original film about the perils of false heroes and uncontrolled militarism.

A heavy dramatic portrait of military school education with a disturbing shoot 'em up climax, Taps labors at an unbearably slow pace to an inevitable, depressing conclusion.

Taps is a vividly dramatic, thoughtful movie about the place of a rigidly conceived honor in a society gone generally soft.