Awful Pacing. SLOW FILM. Del Toro is the only saving grace with one "badass" scene.

Rating: 5/10 (16 June 2016)

Make sure you have time to kill and plenty of sleep to pay attention to this film.
We've all seen the intense border scene in the trailer that makes us want to watch this film... while there is big anticipation for that scene in the beginning to come on, the drive/parade there takes forever - yet it's quite underwhelming. After that, you must sit through a long dragged on scenes again.
Oh, the irony how Emily Blunt is also "used" more as a fill-in for the film shooting as well. She is not the main star. The whole film she is just CONFUSED the whole time, along with the audience, and it can be really frustrating.
The film is very slow pacing and is confusing to a normal viewer with all the military jargon talking heads and rankings involved - unless that's really your thing.
Del Toro easily steals the show here and is the most interesting character where you want to know most about. (I believe they're making a sequel to focus more about him)
Del Toro's character is like Tom Cruise's Vincent character in Collateral; both characters have a very interesting background where you really want to know more about -- and a major badass coming out of the shadows.
You know what would be a really interesting movie? Have Tom Cruise Vincent character go against Del Toro's character - I'd pay to watch that!
At the same time it's very Hollywood drama having a single man take people down, cheesy Zero Dark Thirty night vision scene and tunnel. The situation is very illogical and unrealistic, as dramatic as they tried to be.
If you are able to stand the slow dragged on confusing beginning, the best scene by far in the movie is with Del Toro near the end with the "dinner scene" performance. The mood and tone is very tense, but that's the only real thing/worthwhile going for this movie.
It's one of those films where things conveniently happen (Like the movie CRASH) to progress the film forward.
I'm surprised Richard Roeper considered this the "best movie of the year". Oh, we miss Siskel and Ebert
The ratings is way too high and I think many are way too bias because of that single Del Toro scene alone. Overall, they dragged it on too much for little depth and pay off. The ending is unsatisfying where it leave you hanging.