Best Picture?! You've got to be kidding me.

Rating: 2/10 (19 March 2011)

Some really good films have been based on the war in Iraq, Desert Storm, and the whole so-called "war on terrorism". I cite, "Jarhead", "Courage Under Fire", "Rules of Engagement", and "Three Kings", all worthy entries and not an Oscar for any. This film was recommended to me so I got it. I was utterly amazed at what a bad film this was. The acting was shallow, the script was shallow, and I sat through 2 hours of this mess asking myself, "so what is the point of this film?" We are treated to a reckless Sergeant whose job it is to defuse bombs, risking his life and his buddies' lives as well. They ride around Iraq like cops in green suits, defusing bombs and exchanging, I don't know, is that dialogue? There is no moral lesson, forget that "war is a drug" stuff, that's been done before. I highly suspect the academy wanted to award a female director and well, here was their chance. It's all politics. This is a B movie at best, it bored the crap outta me. Pity someone didn't defuse THIS bomb. LOL, to concur with other reviewers, you kill off Pearce and Fiennes in a movie, well that's trouble right there. Boring and inane.