What happened to smoke?

Rating: 6/10 (24 November 2006)

When I saw how the mission unfolded, and how they were almost sitting ducks for the terrorists, I just thought: "Well, if they can't shoot back, whatever happened to smoke?" Smoke could have made it impossible for the terrorists to see what they were aiming for, but instead they kept taking bullets. And when enough was enough, they ended up with a massacre.
So I missed this aspect of the film. There was never questions how they could have done the job without exchanging bullets. It was as if Childers had only two options: kill or be killed. And then you end up thinking that the crowd had it coming, and it becomes another propaganda movie with crazy Arabs, sleazy politicians and spotless marines.
Having said this, it was an OK movie, and Samuel L. Jackson is always a fave of mine.