"Fades to Black....."

Rating: 6/10 (13 June 2015)

Very good film to represent war, I think it was done pretty accurately. At least that's how it feels for someone who hasn't been to war. The movie seems to be filmed in a slightly different way to usual, skipping big moments usually hovered over for too long in any other film. It says "this is going to happen" and then skips to the chase and cuts straight to it happening, I liked this as it seemed to work well with the film. It follows an interesting relationship between one man and his family and one man and his army crew (whatever the special name is for them), but can be quite slow at times although they are cutting big bits out, and seems to go on for quite a bit. The action scenes are great with some really gripping decisions in the balance and DOES seem completely realistic. My MAIN problem with this film, is that it takes the jump cut editing a little too far, so much so, that it feels like the film has no end. At one point the screen fades to black (out of no-where) and writing comes up explaining the end of the film as if they couldn't be bothered to film it. It was a BIZARRE experience ! I will certainly remember it, but that doesn't necessarily mean I liked it !