Rah-rah American militarism flick with redeeming qualities

Rating: 7/10 (30 September 2018)

Yes, this is a morally simplistic go-America rah rah flick where the American cavalry gun down the metaphorical Indians in the wilds of the Afghan West, or in this case, the wilds of New Mexico. But it has two redeeming qualities, in order of value: first, it devotes a fair share of time depicting Army Special Forces wrestling with performing their primary mission -- establishing rapport with indigenous fighters, and then working with those native fighters as force multipliers; second, it featured above-average combat scenes that are thankfully becoming more common in war movies of the last decade, regardless of which country produces them.
If you have a sensitive constitution for American military propaganda, you'll get nauseous over this one. But if you don't care about that, or you love American war action flicks, then go for it.