A great war film that hits its message

Rating: 8/10 (21 October 2015)

This is Netflix first feature film and idris Elba is in it so I was interested and I really liked this film. This film focuses on a child who gets rescued by a military commandant who forces him to become a child soldier. Now the kid in this movie is really good and I wouldn't be surprised if we see him popping up in more things after this film. I bought him as this child soldier that was forced to do these horrible acts as his innocenece is becoming more and more lost. Obviously the biggest and best actor in this film is obviously idris Elba as the commandant and he is fantastic in this film. He was great as the commandant and even though he is an evil character you can see why these kids would believe in him because he is very charismatic. A problem with this film is that their are parts of the film where it trys to make you care about other characters and you really don't. The story is great as you see this boy and his life develop in the hands of this terrible situation. Also the end if this film really delivers in my opinion. The script has some pretty good dramatic dialogue but sometimes it was hard to understand some of the dialogue which was a negative. The style was pretty brutal and it was very good in my opinion with a great blend of story and action which really worked. Overall this film was a big surprise to me and I thought it was great.