What should we do next?

Rating: 3/10 (18 March 2006)

This was such a great disappointment. We follow a group of soldiers trying to make it to their own lines in a hurry, but they sure rest a lot. Most of the time they rest, and fill the 87 minutes with card tricks and endless, hollow chatting about life back home etc. The characters seem to be outlined with just a couple of personal traits each: this guy wants smokes and performs card tricks. This guy is religious and has scruples. At times the narrative gets stuck so badly, it is actually quite comical.
Sure, technically all the gear is OK, the explosions and bullet hits look real. Modern war films are like that. But there is nothing here that hasn't been done better somewhere else. I give it two extra points for the rather honest humanist message.