Great war film

Rating: Null/10 (30 October 2004)

This film try to show what the modern war is, in a very realistic way. Screen shots are incredibly powerful. You even don't understand all the action ! It's shooting from everywhere. You feel like any soldier into the battle.
The film doesn't let you take a breath: there's always something going on !
It's true to say that we can't have many feelings for the soldiers: Events are shown with such a distance that makes war no sense. But this is what war looks like. "only the dead have seen the end of war" (Platon)
From a wider point of view, it also shows that no external solution is really possible in case of a civil war. "here, killing is doing politics" says the guns dealer, caught early by the special forces.
It shows that even with the best intentions, the worse is always possible.
The film shows that sometimes, brute force is not a solution. Peace couldn't be won if all the civilians want to strike back (read at the end of Mark Bowden book: black hawk down). The army isn't the police of the world. Relationships between nations are more complicated than that.
The film also show that a war could start easy but could rapidly become quite more complicated. Tactically speaking, on the ground, this is called "fog of war" Polically speaking, this could be called a "mud spool"
So, to my mind, the film says one thing: See what the soldiers really live. See their sacrifice. Is this really necessary ? Does the war goals (is there is any) worth this horror ?