Retreaded War Plot

Rating: 3/10 (9 March 2010)

It took me a while to find a reason that the Oscars would embarrass itself by lifting up a movie to the "highest heights" that is barely worth a footnote. This movie is nothing really new. You have seen this all before. The characters, plot and action is in every other war movie...big budget or not. OK, the acting is fine and writing was OK, but the plot was sad irresponsible for an independent movie. It was OK until the soldiers veered far away from their duties by running down allies they had no business being in. The only thing I think Hollywood was interested in was that the main character, the hero/protagonist is there not to serve or defend his country, but to serve his own adrenaline craving. In the end, there is something selfishly wrong with the hero and that has Hollywood all excited. How warped and sad that Hollywood denigrates their own award shows to lift up the liberal bias.