Directed by steven spielberg and starring tom hanks and matt damon, is a World War II drama set in France during and just after the d-day normandy invasion. While vast military forces converge for one of the most decisiv...Directed by steven spielberg and starring tom hanks and matt damon, is a World War II drama set in France during and just after the d-day normandy invasion. While vast military forces converge for one of the most decisive battles of the war, a squad of u.s. Army soldiers undertake a mission to save one man: paratrooper james ryan, the last survivor of a family of four brothers, the others having already been killed in action.