Not convincing

Rating: 5/10 (17 November 2010)

This film has some strong scenes but it is not close to what it could've been.
As someone from Lebanon I couldn't take this film seriously(sometimes the drama bordered comedy for a native of Lebanon).
The only fight between Christians and Muslims in the middle east was in Lebanon. But the characters speak different Arabic dialects, the scenery is from Jordan, some scenes hint to real historical facts but are totally off the mark. the parallel's with the war in Lebanon are so obvious yet so wrong.
to sum it up. Imagine a film shot in Bresil about a war between confederate states and united states where the dialect is Australian and there's a scene which hint at the Abraham Lincoln assassination... Would you take such a film seriously?