Way too long to maintain viewer's interest

Rating: 6/10 (14 June 2020)

To begin with, I'll mention the good points:

Great performances from the actors
The first 1/3 of the movie is very good
Initially, great chemistry from the leads

Now onto the negatives:
Its biggest crime is its excruciating lenth. 2 hours 30 minutes is too long for any movie, let alone one that is very disjointed. The intro and initial third is great. Characters are perfectly introduced and you're convinced of their strong bond/comradery. But then the rest suffers from weak writing and pacing, which makes the length even more unbearable.
The soundtrack is awful. Whatever they were going for, I'm sure they had their reasons. But for me, it felt so out of place and made it uneasy to watch. In particular the action scenes.
The flashbacks (constant cutting between past & present) were very distracting. At the beginning, I was enjoying the present day storyline with the present day characters. The frequent flashbacks instead felt like a nuisance.
There were a couple of nice surprises thrown in and I appreciate the message it tries to convey. But ultimately, it fails to justify that message. 40-50 minutes of this could have easily been cut out. And it could have made the movie more tolerable.
So yeah, not for me, this one.