Off Target Humorless Satire

Rating: 3/10 (17 February 2020)

It portrays commanders and soldiers as simple-minded, incompetent, chowder heads. If they were aiming for a humorous satire laced with dry humor, they misfired. Showing the preposterousness of war can be done without the appearing to insult American soldiers. Look at Apocalypse Now, The Thin Red Line or even Pitt's own Inglorious Bastards. In this movie, Pitt portrays the newly hired general, with unusual and distinctive mannerisms, as he tries to turn the tide of the war and claim a victory. This wasn't funny, as satire needs to be, as it leaned too serious at times.