Complete dreck

Rating: 2/10 (10 April 2014)

This movie is complete fantasy. It does incredible injustice to any veterans who have actually served in iraq and even more so to any EOD personnel. Jeremy Renner's character was a complete pompous a**, who would've never been put in charge of kitchen patrol, much less a highly trained EOD team. This movie has all the markings of a Hollywood wet dream. A three man team that rides around alone in a Humvee without informing anyone of their status? Pure non-sense. I get that they have to use creative license, but whoever made this obviously has never been there or on any patrols. And of course they portray Jeremy Renner as some sort of war junky that loves putting himself in danger all the time. News flash Hollywood! Veterans aren't all messed up like you want and portray them to be. The worst was the sniper scene. Good God that was terrible. Ralph Fiennes' character, who is a seasoned merc, is killed quickly by snipers while the "hero" is somehow able to get a headshot on a rifle that he has probably never used in his life at over 700 meters. Of course most people who reviewed this will probably think this is what it was like over there. Like stupid seals clapping at this "Action packed" drivel that wasn't even entertaining, inaccuracies aside. How this movie is rated so high is beyond me. It might entertain the uneducated masses, but it's a slap in the face to anyone who's actually served. Avoid at all costs.