Lowest common denominator war movie

Rating: 1/10 (15 April 2018)

You can tell right from the outset that this is a movie for 2nd amendment gun nuts, America never loses types. Director couldn't even get the reactions to 9-11 right. It felt like everyone was rewatching the attacks in 2018. People were literally speechless after this happened. They used to see the WTC in pictures of NYC's skyline, in movies, videogames, from the airport, then boom, it was all gone. People couldn't believe this happened in America. It only happened in other countries.
The attitude was that Afghanistan had to be taken and the Taliban and Al-Qaeda had to be dealt with. The goal was to get Bin Laden and correct the injustice the Taliban were inflicting onto their own people. The History Channel only broadcast shows about the Taliban every week, back when it was basically Pentagon propaganda and not a reality TV/bad history drama station.
There was basically no effort to let anyone know this was 2001. Anything from CRT monitors, cellphones to cultural oddities, hairstyles, was left out.
Unfortunately, like Black Hawk Down, the movie, I think this was basically another Pentagon sponsored movie focused on being Army recruiting and war promotion to the public than telling a truthful story. Nonfiction war novels are far more honest and gritty, unfortunately. Maybe I'll pick this book up, but this didn't pass the smell test.