I'm a huge fan of Guy Ritchie and was very curious if this venture into military action story would be entertaining.
It's a decent simplistic one dimensional story that obviously is not based on a true factually storyline but Jake and Dar do great acting jobs. The film could have been a lot better instead of this pseudo Lone Survivor meets Rambo the Interpreter story that is almost laughable at some parts.
It's highly unrealistic and the typical good vs bad guys attempting to portray a country being invaded by foreigners to liberate them after 9/11 - is a rather pathetic misunderstanding by Ritchie of the facts for the invasion. But there are some great action sequences and it is a unique perspective for a film maker to focus on the risk some interpreters took in helping the invading forces. And ends ironically with the Taliban and Afghans recapturing their country one month later - so the entire escapade feels rather like a bleak of an ending and no idea why Ritchie decided to make this film rather than a documentary about the subject.
If you like Top Gun or Lone Survivor this film is a nice attempt of glamorizing the US military coming to save the day from the bad guys. Very predictable with hardly much back story yet great action suspense shots and as always solid music score - a solid 6.
It's a decent simplistic one dimensional story that obviously is not based on a true factually storyline but Jake and Dar do great acting jobs. The film could have been a lot better instead of this pseudo Lone Survivor meets Rambo the Interpreter story that is almost laughable at some parts.
It's highly unrealistic and the typical good vs bad guys attempting to portray a country being invaded by foreigners to liberate them after 9/11 - is a rather pathetic misunderstanding by Ritchie of the facts for the invasion. But there are some great action sequences and it is a unique perspective for a film maker to focus on the risk some interpreters took in helping the invading forces. And ends ironically with the Taliban and Afghans recapturing their country one month later - so the entire escapade feels rather like a bleak of an ending and no idea why Ritchie decided to make this film rather than a documentary about the subject.
If you like Top Gun or Lone Survivor this film is a nice attempt of glamorizing the US military coming to save the day from the bad guys. Very predictable with hardly much back story yet great action suspense shots and as always solid music score - a solid 6.