Okay...

Rating: 5/10 (24 June 2019)

This is a pretty average movie. Honestly, I was wrestling with whether to give this a 3/5 star or a 2.5/5, and I decided on a 2.5/5 due to the jumbled writing and themes and Fiennes's incredibly on-the-nose monologue at the end. While I didn't hate this film, I didn't love it either. It has none of the traits that make war movies stand out. It didn't have the emotional connection of "The Thin Red Line", it has none of the intensity of "Saving Private Ryan", and it has none of the bravado of "The Great Escape". This felt like a very average war movie with only trivial offerings; I took what I could from it and absquatulated. I don't think I'll be back, but I'm not infuriated that I spent time watching it.
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