The Best Movies of the Year Are in Theaters, But This Isn't One of Them

Rating: 5/10 (19 January 2014)

Going into this movie I knew that with Peter Burg writing the screenplay and directing it was going to be a mess but with all the good reviews I thought that I might be mistaken. I wasn't. I mean if you just want to see a movie where all the good guys have full beards and all the bad guys wear eyeliner with very questionable special effects then it's... well it's still not great. The thing that bothers me the most about this is how everyone swears to its authenticity. A quick Google search will not only show that the movie and book are glaringly different (with almost the entire last 30 minutes of the movie being fabricated) but that the book also has been criticized heavily for its inaccuracies. Most scenes in the movie will leave you thinking, "Really? There is no way that happened" and you'd be right. Even if you completely ignore the inaccuracies its still a spotty movie at best. I haven't seen a movie where the effects stood that far out as fake in a long time. Every time someone gets shot its so poorly done that you cant even try to pretend that its real and the "RPG's" are so inconsistent and fake that it hurts. Most lines in the movie seem unnatural and forced. Mark Wahlburg seems a bit off but gives a decent performance considering the horrible directing. Bottom line, there are fantastic movies in theaters right now that are far better for and more deserving of your money.