Mockery of otherwise unbearable reality of modern warfare in Middle East

Rating: 10/10 (22 June 2017)

The topic of the movie is merely sad when we consider the number of civilians and allied soldiers dead (and still counting) and confront it with the present condition of state after the "war' has ended. One may ask a simple question - have the people of Afghanistan in any way benefited from the help provided from US and their coalition partners? I highly doubt it. On the other hand the consequences of these engagements (Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya) are presently seen in Europe with loads of immigrants storming EU borders both from Asia and Africa plus a multitude of terrorist attacks in most reknown cities of Europe inspired by the state that created itself on the ashes left behind.
Although the script encompasses just a short span of ISAF involvement in the region equaling being it under the command of main cast general (Brad Pitt) it portrays beautifully the brutal reality of absurdity of this involvement IMHO. This movie is multidimensional, thus may even be perceived chaotic. Its main focus is on US command struggles (Brad Pitt and his crew) to apply their own counter-insurgence strategy inspite of reluctance from other parties and against all odds in a country which simply waits for the invaders to leave its premises as they all know it will happen sooner or later.
In order to show the tragedy of it all Netflix provides us with a superb spot-on dark comedy, which I found really amusing in many parts (cotton growing, certain jogging scene, all scenes with the participation of Afghan president to just name a few) but also with incisive critics of self belief demonstrated by "our" general and generals who'd follow (I guess he is just one of the many) that exactly he is the one who would win a war which is supposed not to be won, in order to realize his over ambition.
I give it a 10 despite some evident flaws because it is highly!!! underrated. If you want to watch it simply to see some spectacular war scenes - don't, there are none. And rightly so.