First, the good things: this is a technically well made movie, with some impressive shots (specially at the beginning). The acting is standard good. And that's it.
The plot is (at least) weak. And the chance to turn the whole thing into an interesting irony about war, military, etc., planted when the protagonists wander themselves about the reasons to save one life risking seven or eight, is missed when we see this general "really" convinced about returning to this one mother his last son alive, right after a scene of memorable butchery.
All the chances to make any serious statement and provoke debates about war (or anything) are missed in front of this kind of caricaturesque characters so common in the mainstream movies.
The plot is (at least) weak. And the chance to turn the whole thing into an interesting irony about war, military, etc., planted when the protagonists wander themselves about the reasons to save one life risking seven or eight, is missed when we see this general "really" convinced about returning to this one mother his last son alive, right after a scene of memorable butchery.
All the chances to make any serious statement and provoke debates about war (or anything) are missed in front of this kind of caricaturesque characters so common in the mainstream movies.