Tried its best

Rating: 6/10 (11 February 2017)

I have divided this review into good and bad.
Good things first:
The main actor. Andrew Garfield does a good job in this role. He carries the movie forward. It is not his fault, that the plot stinks..
the love story. I never thought i would say this about a war-movie but the best thing to see here is actually before the war starts. The farther-son relationship and the fight for the love of his life works very well.
but.
If you are looking for the new "Platoon" or "Saving Private Ryan" keep looking.
Bad things.
The plot Jesus Christ this plot is ever so crowd-pleasing-nothing-new-to-see-same-old-bullshit as ever. imagine the next super hero movie before your eyes.. You know pretty much how it is going to play out, right? The same goes for this movie. It dares nothing, it just plats out. I imagine Mel Gibson came across the actual story and thought "well this is easy money" and they just sat back and let the movie play out. such a shame.
This movie is based on a true story, which it stays true to. I will give it that. But i never thought I would say this about a war-movie, but the best thing about this film was the love-story.. And that is why it fails in my eyes.