A great war film that attempts to encapsulate the horrors of War

Rating: 8/10 (30 October 2014)

After seeing the trailer for this film it seemed like this film could be the modern day Saving Private Ryan and it is very good, however, it doesn't reach that fantastic level. This film sees a group of five soldiers in a tank in WW2 as they attempt to survive a suicide mission. Now Brad Pitt leads this film and he does really well in his role as the commander of the tank, combining the real brutal war aspect and the caring commander and he was great in this role. The supporting cast also did a really good job in their roles, I do like a comeback and Shia Labeouf is great in this film with his character having good layers to him and I hope he gets more work as he is a good actor. Logan Lerman is the character that we are meant to connect too as he has no experience in war like us and we really feel sorry for him in this situation. Michael Pena also does a good job in this role and he combines the seriousness and comedy very well and probably the best out of all the crew. The one downside the last character is an absolute douche bag, with him being unbearable at times treating Lerman's character as a piece of dirt and at times he just went too far. The story is bad with their being really no story and the acting and fact that it is in WW2 is all that they thought was necessary without giving us an interesting story. The script is really good with the war buddies dialogue feeling right for the film and feeling natural to the actors. The style of this film is awesome with the tank scenes being awesome and exciting and being the best part of the film by far. This is a great film that is definitely worth seeing.