A bit of propaganda can still make a great movie like the old days.

Rating: 9/10 (31 December 2013)

Hard to knock a great movie, and I'm hardly gonna. As usual Mark Wahlbergï»¿ is great, and has surrounded himself with great actors that only make him look better. This story is a complete and total propaganda piece, but a very well told one that will remind older viewers of movies like Platoon, or The Big Red 1, and they really got their Platoon moment in there(though the squibs worked). America hater or not, I think you will Enjoy this film as much as I did for the performances, and the action, but the Direction, and realism are beyond anything that has come before so you will most likely come away from this changed even if just a little. I was cringing more watching this than some of the most insane moments in a Jackass movie, then moments later impressed that these guys were back on there feet, and moving at all. The folks who compare stuff will be comparing this moving with others for years to come, as this is going to be a benchmark to shot at for a while at least. So give yourself the time to take this one in, and you will be glad you did.