The Febrility of Corn and Cheese

Rating: 7/10 (5 January 2017)

Corny as hell but also vital, intense and at times truly transporting. The chaos of war is wholly apparent here. It's not just quick edits, it's cohesive editing done quickly and with precision to create impact. It's astonishing how powerful some of these scenes are.
But all the drama doesn't really work. Or it works like you expect but even cheesier and more obvious than you thought possible. Garfield is good, but his good old boy voice sums up this movie perfectly. What the hell is that mixed up with all this other good? Why is the dichotomy so alarming? If it's intentional it doesn't work.
This is a classic Gibson Martyr. Is that him? Is the dichotomy of war and peace the point of his existence?