Full disclosure.. I missed Jarhead 2, so can't compare it to that, but revisited Jarhead yesterday. This film *completely* misses the point of Jarhead. The ridiculousness of military life, how it's not all about explosions and U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A.. A lot of the time it's boring, it's stupid, and you're just a very small cog in a very large machine. Everything Jarhead went out if it's way to leave out is all this film is. Guns, unlikely firefights, explosions, the flag waving hero, the thought provoking speeches before the slow motion climactic ending. If you liked Jarhead and understood what it was about, you won't like this. It's entertaining, I guess, but like any fantasy hero soldier film. They took the easy route. This film won't be remembered 50 years from now.
Review of Jarhead 3: The Siege
