Gritty, exhausting,

Rating: 10/10 (20 October 2014)

A must see in theaters! A raising of the bar for war films. The best war films glorify the warrior and not war. But these warriors are shown, warts and all! Brutal, callous, hateful, merciless. Danger close to rapists and murderers. But war brings out the worse in some men. These men definitely need Jesus! Two of the characters profess Christian belief, the others, not so much! But this film shows the bond men at war have for each other. Slow to accept the newcomer, only weeks in the Army, while the veterans served together for 3 or 4 years, the brutality to the newbie to toughen him up for war is probably hard to watch. The brutality of war, more so. NOT for the squeamish. Profanity is off the charts, but it is to illustrate an aspect of men at war. Definitely not choir boys. Courage and unexpected mercy shown to an enemy shows what few positives can come out of war. One film to see and to own on DVD!