not that special

Rating: 6/10 (18 September 2008)

The movie is overall important to see for the message it offers but, aside from that, it's not special. Ryan Phillippe's character, that should be the most important, is probably less believable than the Channing Tatum's one. It just gave the impression that he was not hard enough to play that part. The real stars of the film are Joseph Gordon Levitt and Abbie Cornish, and the lead's father as well acts very convincingly. I reckon the film is intense, very much message oriented and interesting on the whole (flashback war sequences strike a lot). I only disliked Ryan Phillipp's acting, but being him the most important character, I think the story itself ended up being a little unlikely.