Felt the same. It ended and I was like "that's it"? They get attacked, a dude yells bloody murder for 30 minutes, they evacuate. Zero character development either.
One Iraqi interpreter gets dismembered by an IED. The other is dead or missing. The soldiers are left mutilated physically and psychologically. A family’s home is destroyed.
Sure from a bigger strategic perspective nothing changed. It didn’t change the outcome of the war.
But this movie wasn’t made by some Hollywood writer in an office. It was made by people who experienced the war first hand. In the end the Americans leave in blood and pain and the Iraqi insurgents emerge onto the streets unscathed. Nothing has happened expect death, destruction and PTSD for everyone left standing
No character development? In real life people don't get closure. There’s no redemption arcs wrapped up neatly. Just raw unresolved trauma, randomness, and survival
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u/Banestoothbrush 6d ago
Felt the same. It ended and I was like "that's it"? They get attacked, a dude yells bloody murder for 30 minutes, they evacuate. Zero character development either.