Where does this film go?

Rating: 2/10 (2 June 2006)

I felt this film showed a lot of promise- good director, great lead (Jake Gyllenhaal) excellent trailer.
Watching the finished article was quite different. The film drags quite badly. There is no story- this would be OK if there was plenty of character development, but this is also notable by it's absence.
For a film that has been compared to Full Metal Jacket and Buffalo Soldiers, this film is very disappointing.
Jamie Foxx stole his scenes, but that's not saying much.
Maybe it was trying to say that the desolation of the ubiquitous war-torn landscape reflects the soul of modern America. All I got from it was the message "I feel cheated because I did'nt get to kill anyone". Probably not what the writer intended.