passable, if one overlooks obvious anachronistic goofs

Rating: 6/10 (15 March 2017)

OK film.
Goof 1--Alison Brie's reporter character says she is "embedded," a term that was not used until the 2003 Iraq War
Goof 2--Samuel L. Jackson's LTC carries an M-14 in 1973, long after the M-16 had replaced the M-14, which was long and not exactly ideal for a chopper squadron CO. And Samuel L. Jackson has no web gear, which means that he only has the 20 rounds in the one magazine, minus the frivolous shot he took at a bird because it is "weird."
Goof 3--Samuel L. Jackson's LTC character--someone who has been before a congressional review twice (once as a Captain bucking for Major, then again as a Major bucking for LTC, pays anything more than lip service to things Like "duty, honor," instead of regarding this mission as an impediment to a cozy Pentagon/West German base posting. Also, Samuel L. Jackson's character is LTC, yet he commands a Squadron and not an aviation Battalion.
Goof 4--They call a .30 Browning a ".50"--and can haul a .30 Browning--a crew-served weapon not compatible with the M-60 or even the M-14 through the bush.
Goof 5--Everyone is wearing leather Starsky and Hutch holsters, when the US Army figured in the late 1860's/early 1870's that leather has tannin acid that corrodes metal parts like cartridges and Colt pistols and switched to canvas/burlap for exactly this reason.
Goof 6-Army ground crewmen on the ship are outfitted like USN carrier flight deck crews Goof 7--John Goodman wears a suit and his assistant geologist wears a sweater vest--in Vietnam, not exactly known to be Britain or the Baltic in terms of temperature.
Goof 8--on the deck, some soldiers are dancing to a turn table record player and some are dancing to their radios--which are all playing the same song