What a missed opportunity!

Rating: Null/10 (14 January 2020)

I love a good war flick. Anything from Full Metal Jacket, to Apocalypse Now, to Platoon, to Born On The 4th of July, to Saving Private Ryan. This movie, though parts were somewhat historically accurate, was just bad. Nothing is explained well. The acting was god awful. How could the acting be so terrible with the Likes of Woody Harrelson, Patrick Wilson, and Luke Evans? The answer is poor directing and a terrible script. Who is this Ed Skrein fella? Where did they find him? And is it too late to just send him back for a refund? He is AWFUL! Who told this guy he could act? His pseudo tough guy facade and terrible fake New York accent are obnoxious and unbearable. I would rather listen to a Fran Drescher laugh-track on repeat for 12 straight hours than listen to one more second of this Skein guy fumble his way through this films awful dialogue. Dude didn't even care about his wife or his co-pilot. I would have asked for a transfer or a divorce! Some decent action sequences. Even one or two moments I caught myself holding my breath due to the suspense, though I already knew the outcome. I think this movie could have been greatly improved with just a modicum of character development. I can't believe I'm about to type this, but Pearl Harbor is better. And that says a lot when Pearl Harbor's script, casting, directing, and love story were so god awful! But at least in that movie, I got a bit of character development where I understood some of the character's motivations. If you really like war movies, give this a watch. If you just appreciate well crafted films, you can skip this mess.