An adult emotional drama

Rating: Null/10 (3 August 2001)

To compare this film to SPR is an insult to TRL, It's like comparing McDonalds to a classy restaurant.
SPR was a mainstream flick with some simple slow motions and corny dialog to appeal to the masses, which it did.
TRL, isn't a traditional, movie, its art and its not going to appeal to the masses. There's some action, but very little. The film isn't about the gore and heroics, it's about emotion and feeling. When you make a film you don't just plant the camera down and say act, you can use technique, back drops, music and dialog to convey the feeling of what is going on. This film was conjuring up the emotion and mind of the viewer to think about how you could deal with a life and death situation. Killing people, who, are as scared as you just for a piece of earth.
If you've ever been in a crisis situation in your life, your thoughts and feelings aren't displayed in your face or your actions, they are in your mind. Most people will probably think of a loved one or better times in their past. This is what the film is trying to show, its not just showing what people are doing it's trying to show the paranoia, thoughts and feelings. It does that through music and film sequences.

Yes, I'm sure, most of the time soldiers joked and acted stupid and didn't think about life, but this film isn't about that, this is about stirring the soul of the people in the audience, who, hopefully will never be in that situation. Giving them a glimpse of what it would be like to be the soldier not the spectator.
My only criticism is that I do think it's is slightly long, especially towards the end, which spoilt the film slightly. Still it's much better than the normal thoughtless trash that is shown and would recommend it to most.