Pointless and Nihilistic, but Perhaps Pointlessness is the Point?

Rating: 6/10 (17 September 2018)

The action scenes are intense and gritty, while most of the time staying at least somewhat grounded in reality. But, other than unabashedly depicting the horrors of war (and the depravity it leads to on both sides), it lacks any larger arch or take away.
Perhaps more like Generation Kill or Platoon than it is like Saving Private Ryan, the lack of moralizing may appeal to some, but the apparent apathy (if not outright nihilism) in its outlook on history may turn off anyone looking for something deeper. Ultimately, all you're left with is a collection of depressing scenes, sad moments, and a worldview so cynical that it seems to endorse the surrender of ideals in favor of acceptance and comradery from ones compatriots and in the face of the brutality of the human condition that underlies the farce of civilization.