War is a drug... so is this movie

Rating: 9/10 (23 February 2015)

The way how this war movie does not have a voice over narration already makes it stand out from the rest. This is where the masterful directing comes in to tell the story as the the three men see it. In suspenseful dangerous missions these men are situated in, the emotions and ideas can be seen through these men through the slow paced and silent, yet stressful, by the way the camera shows them and their surrounding. It shows well the realism that a modern technological war would be like. Action, as I said, can be slow paced, but it can but the viewer on the edge of his/her seat as anything can happen when these men can be placed in combat zones. The actual story line does not have some main conflict, other then to survive, but that is the realism by showing how in real war, new situations will arise at any time and these men are put in to life-threatening situations everyday. Death can be a surprise, as the movies shows, which can happen at the least suspected times. One of the things I respect most about this film is that it has no biased views against the middle eastern people. As I have said, the directing only shows what these men know, so it shows some innocent bystanders around the dangerous areas, but these men still have to careful about who is part of the violence and who is the regular person. I really respect how the directing was done on this topic. Overall, this movie can be slow paced but that just adds to the realism; but it does not lack in suspense or intrigue at all. If you want to see the affects of modern war and just watch a masterpiece, this is your pick.