Lack of Basic Military Etiquette

Rating: 2/10 (9 April 2020)

After watching the movie from Netflix for just 5 minutes, I quit. Anyone who has watched some solid military movies/tv shows, even if s/he has not had any military background, would know that the director of this movie does not know basic military etiquette. The very first scene, for example, when the four start general walks cockily toward his men, shows a lack of understanding how subordinates would have to immediately stand up the moment they see the four star general arrives. Everyone would be at attention and the general would typically say "at easy, gentlemen" or something like that. Similarly, the next scene when the general is walking among or inspecting his troops, nobody solutes, and those personnel who are sitting do not even bother to stand up in attention to their commanding general (CG). This is absurd. Seeing this, I lost any interest of watching this movie any more. A total waste of money by David Michôd. These two scenes alone show his disinterest in learning even basic protocols before he directs.