Contrived action

Rating: 6/10 (30 May 2019)

As a history lesson, this movie gives a fairly realistic depiction of the difficulty of executing a ground war in Afghanistan in late 2001. Unfortunately, the dialogue and action sequences are full of tired combat tropes that hit everything from unrealistic charges to a complete abandonment of world class technology when the director wants to people to shoot at each other with guns. Soldiers wax poetic about war like Hollywood screenwriters.
I enjoyed the gritty battle scenes, but I wish the rest wasn't so bad.