It starts off like any other grand American propaganda style US military movie. Enter the tall, good looking white male protagonist against the crappy third world foreign nation who deserve a war they never asked for.
The underlying political narrative that the movie plays on really hits home towards the middle. I felt it was a bit slow to start with, but it does grip you enough to get through it.
The end felt a bit lacking, the whole movie was building up to a grand finale which never really came. It kind of fizzled out.
Nonetheless it has a few jokes, intermingled with the bleakness of fighting an insurgency. It does provide a sort of "anti- propaganda"message that the far right will probably look down on in disdain, so i can see some emotionally charged reviews coming.
Overall a good watch and a good conversation topic.
The underlying political narrative that the movie plays on really hits home towards the middle. I felt it was a bit slow to start with, but it does grip you enough to get through it.
The end felt a bit lacking, the whole movie was building up to a grand finale which never really came. It kind of fizzled out.
Nonetheless it has a few jokes, intermingled with the bleakness of fighting an insurgency. It does provide a sort of "anti- propaganda"message that the far right will probably look down on in disdain, so i can see some emotionally charged reviews coming.
Overall a good watch and a good conversation topic.