Felt like I was watching a movie from the bad guys POV

Rating: 4/10 (22 May 2020)

I don't really know any of the IRL politics... but watching this movie, the americans are occupying foreign countries, living in a mansion surround by an oasis, high-fiving each other for changing the politics of the countries they're in. Meanwhile the citizens of this country live in poverty, and are bullyed around by americans there on a military mission.
So I totally understand the great injustice the people of these countries feel and why they are angry at America. The humanization of the american soldiers feels out of place... instead of wimpering about their wives and children, Michael Bay should have went all-in on the bad guy angle and made them misogynistic women beaters. They could've shown their wives cheating on them while they were away on a mission to explain all their pent up anger.
But instead, I end up really conflicted. It's like the americans are the only ones with wives and children, their mission is completely immoral and insensitive, but because John Krasinski has such a big smile, I'm supposed to cheer for them? I dunno. Maybe it's because I'm not racist, or maybe it's because I'm not American, but I didn't really feel compelled to cheer for the good guys at any point during this movie. The good guys mostly sucked and their motives weren't explained any better than "we're just here on a mission, and we don't want to die"