Very underwhelming and lacks character development and bonding

Rating: 6/10 (17 January 2020)

I will not have any spoilers in my review
First of all, the battlefield landscape/setting was nicely done and littered with bodies, artillery shells, barb wire fences. The camera footage is cool how it only focuses and follows the two main characters continuously, only showing the other soldiers and the landscape that immediately surrounds them. It makes you feel like you are there and it is certainly an unique way of filming.
However, filming like that has its consequences. The movie is really limited in what it can show. It maybe puts too much focus on these two main characters without showing the bigger picture of the war they are in, as a perspective. The movie lacks a strong beginning and ending; it jumps right into the mission and has a rather abrupt ending. The climax of the film is very short and not much of a climax at all. But the biggest bummer is the severe lack of character introduction/background/development. Very little is revealed about the personal lives of either character, which is a bit shocking considering the entire movie only focuses on these characters. I was unable to connect with them or feel any emotions toward them during the scenes that were supposed to be much sadder than they ended up being. There is no bond or great dialogue between the two, either. The movie dragged on for too long with too much of the same thing.
Because of how the movie was filmed in a continuous scene following the two characters, this movie would've been so much better if we learned more about the characters and saw more of a brotherly bond so that we could connect to them more.