Some of it was good, some of it was bad

Rating: 5/10 (25 June 2013)

This was a hard film to rate, I enjoyed some of the acting and some of it was truly awful. I really enjoyed Eric Bana, McGregor and William Fitchtner. Although Josh Hartnett was the lead I felt it should of been Bana. There was some great set pieces although was annoyed they had the smith character on deaths door only to have him appear on the mend at the end, then there was that extra scene that showed Hartnett over his dead body. This film seemed to not be able decide whether it was a Hollywood action blockbuster or a serious war drama. You may ask me why I feel it's a typical action blockbuster, well that's because the McKnight character (played by Tom Sizemore) had no regard for his own well being. He just dandered about while bullets were impacting all round him. Like were the film makers trying to show him as some Kamikaze mental case, he should of been acting just the like the rest of the actors, scared and part of the action. I'm sure the real soldier didn't act like that. Regardless it was an interesting film but maybe just not my full cup of tea.