Satire turns into farce then tragedy

Rating: 8/10 (27 May 2017)

This movie is inspired by the rise and fall of General Stanley McChrystal. The character played by Anthony Stewart Head is General Michael Flynn.
The movie starts as a Catch-22 style satire, has a middle like "Stripes", complete with Hello Kittybus ride from Paris to Berlin, and ends in tragedy with a bleak but realistic assessment of the US mission in Afghanistan and of the US' inability to learn from its mistakes. The characters are a bit one-dimensional and Pitt is a terrible actor, but the supporting cast shine despite their short roles.