Without having to restate too much obvious, it's a war movie based in Iraq timed around 2004. You are put in a documentary like setting watching SSG William James join a bombsquad and how his new team grows to accept and work with him even though he risks their lives constantly. They have 39 days left in deployment (Lethal Weapon anyone?). I'm too old for this sh*t.
I'm not in the military, but I have a feeling there are people from the military with real combat experience scoffing at the idea of this movie. Especially when a lot of scenes are just unlikely, to the point that this James guy comes off almost a super hero rogue. While I'm no explosives expert I have seen what a brick of C4 can do to things, and using 4 bricks on one shell seems awfully excessive. It's details like these that I have to quit trying to watch the movie for accuracy and instead just enjoy it for the hollywood entertainment instead. When viewed in this light, this movie is impeccable in its delivery. The video is a bit grainy, but seeing as it is taking place in a desert, a bit of over-the-top grain is acceptable. Where the movie shines though is its gut-gripping audio. Every grain of sand, wire snip, and footstep is right in your face and immersing you into every scene. While you are watching you may notice yourself tensing up a bit, and it's because of the audio in this movie that you feel that way. It puts you right there laying on your belly next to the bombs with SSG William James hoping he knows what he's doing. I can't applaud this movie enough for it's perfectly executed audio.
It IS a good war film in so far that it is entertaining and watchable, and a definite watch for anyone but children, but you HAVE to leave facts out of your head to appreciate its value. If you start trying to analyze the facts you'll drive yourself mad and hate it.
I thought I heard Ministry in the scenes where metal music was played so I verified on the IMDB that the heavy metal music in the film IS by Ministry off their Rio Grande Blood album, which is a political album railing against the Iraq war funny enough!
a buh deeb uh deeb uh deeb, that's all folks!
I'm not in the military, but I have a feeling there are people from the military with real combat experience scoffing at the idea of this movie. Especially when a lot of scenes are just unlikely, to the point that this James guy comes off almost a super hero rogue. While I'm no explosives expert I have seen what a brick of C4 can do to things, and using 4 bricks on one shell seems awfully excessive. It's details like these that I have to quit trying to watch the movie for accuracy and instead just enjoy it for the hollywood entertainment instead. When viewed in this light, this movie is impeccable in its delivery. The video is a bit grainy, but seeing as it is taking place in a desert, a bit of over-the-top grain is acceptable. Where the movie shines though is its gut-gripping audio. Every grain of sand, wire snip, and footstep is right in your face and immersing you into every scene. While you are watching you may notice yourself tensing up a bit, and it's because of the audio in this movie that you feel that way. It puts you right there laying on your belly next to the bombs with SSG William James hoping he knows what he's doing. I can't applaud this movie enough for it's perfectly executed audio.
It IS a good war film in so far that it is entertaining and watchable, and a definite watch for anyone but children, but you HAVE to leave facts out of your head to appreciate its value. If you start trying to analyze the facts you'll drive yourself mad and hate it.
I thought I heard Ministry in the scenes where metal music was played so I verified on the IMDB that the heavy metal music in the film IS by Ministry off their Rio Grande Blood album, which is a political album railing against the Iraq war funny enough!
a buh deeb uh deeb uh deeb, that's all folks!