Could have been better, but still watchable.

Rating: 5/10 (30 December 2014)

For her first try as a director, Angelina Jolie choose a topic that could not fail. An American Hero overcoming insurmountable obstacles. With the Coen brothers writing it, whats not to love? There are a few major problems with the film. There is no character development, the pacing of the film keeps your attention at some points and puts you to sleep in others. Unfortunately, I could not get emotionally attached to any of the main characters, I wanted to empathize with them in their trials, but I just could not.
Now all of that being said, there was some good that came out of it, The dog fights were awesome, and the sets were beautiful. Would this movie have been better in the hands of an experienced director? Yes it probably would, but that is true for most first time directors. Was this a bad movie? No, It had its moments.
The bottom line is this: The type of film that it is will get different responses, if you were thinking about seeing the movie, go see it, it may affect you differently than it did for me.