I always hated the guy and his movies and I liked this one, very much

Rating: 6/10 (11 August 2016)

I personally never liked any of his movies, with the exception of Armageddon. Yes it was super cliché but I liked the subject matter and some of the sequences, the rest? not so much, Pearl Harbor? don't get me started.
I always considered Michael Bay as a solid money grabber, soul-less human being with zero ability to direct.
I watched this movie expecting the worst and I was shockingly impressed. It was well directed with almost perfect fighting sequences, maybe a little on the long side but solid nevertheless.
Long gone is the typical American Flag sequence and patriotism so characteristic of his movies, this was replaced with realistic fighting sequences, shameful attitude from north America to this soldiers and the consequences of war without turning the movie into glorification of conflict.
Having him on such a low esteem from the start, the sole fact that I was impressed by the movie should speak volumes about his accomplishment.