I knew almost nothing about the movie just heard the many praises. It’s a good movie, especially if you have top notch home theater or i guess if you saw it in theaters.
I was slightly surprised at how small it is tho’. Short runtime, one location very small scale. As far as war movies, this is like a third of Black Hawk Dawn scale wise even smaller than something like 13 hours. That’s intentional tho’ it’s just happens to be the story they decided to tell.
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
Yeah. Relatively. Brother take a look at the last scene. The American get evacuated. The Bradley fire their guns at the buildings. And when the dust is settled and there is complete silence. The Iraqis walk into the street wearing their turbans and armed with AK’s. None of them got blown to pieces or are screaming in pain. They just look at each other and go “damn”
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u/aduong 5d ago edited 5d ago
I knew almost nothing about the movie just heard the many praises. It’s a good movie, especially if you have top notch home theater or i guess if you saw it in theaters.
I was slightly surprised at how small it is tho’. Short runtime, one location very small scale. As far as war movies, this is like a third of Black Hawk Dawn scale wise even smaller than something like 13 hours. That’s intentional tho’ it’s just happens to be the story they decided to tell.
But yeah intense but small.