I wanted to like this cheesy movie far more than I did.

Rating: 5/10 (29 January 2019)

After just finishing watch this movie I feel compelled to write a quick review about it, since all I've seen is reviews about how it's one of the best war films of all time, and how realistic it is. I feel like I saw a totally different movie. The dialogue was extremely cheesy, the battle scenes were fine, but not realistic or emotionally effective. There's a scene where a soldier picks up a limbless torso and uses it as a shield with one hand, as he's running and firing a large assault rifle. Another scene has Desmond dragging a wounded soldier across the battlefield on a sheet as the man mows down scores of enemy soldiers. Seems more like something from a John Wick or Rambo movie if you ask me. The acting is good, nothing special, Garfield seems to lose his accent in a few scenes, Vince Vaughn is great as always but sort of out of place here. It's much more of a Hollywood action flick than a serious war film. I didn't hate it, but I'm utterly confused at all the praise it's getting.