Dismal and excellent

Rating: 10/10 (5 November 2005)

Programming men to kill, and then not letting them, is a dangerous and terrible thing. This movie won't satisfy your desire to see conflicted heroes overcome odds and blow up their adversaries; it will satisfy your desire to join the military, and it will satisfy your desire to put men on the battlefield.
I'm sorry that the film is getting mixed reviews. Everyone seems disappointed, but I don't think this is the journey of the hero, this is the unmaking of the hero. You will leave the theater with a dismal sense of futility and dread. And for that, as a powerful tool for expressing 'the suck' of war and all its trappings, I give it a 10.