Brainwashing at its finest

Rating: 4/10 (22 February 2015)

From a technical point of view, it's a decent, though lengthy movie. It's got nice action sequences, good directing and OK dialog. As for the rest, it's a clear attempt to brainwash younger viewers into not questioning government motives. Long story short: if you have strong moral convictions and serve your country, you will become a hero. If you question your country's decision to go to war, you will become weak and either get killed, get maimed or go crazy and kill an American hero.
This transparent motive comes at the expense of what we were lead to believe this movie was going to be: a story about a man trying to come to grips with the horrors of war. The main character, however, is a superhero because he believes that he was justified in killing all those nasty savages who had the audacity to resist being saved.