Confused, quirky and wicked

Rating: 8/10 (18 June 2017)

(response to the other review)
This film is chaotic and confused but is that not exactly what it is hoping to convey? Most obviously the chaotic, confused and detached relationship we all have to modern warfare?
We are seeing the general not only as a commander but as someone who is self-aware (however limited). He is steadfast and disciplined but also self-doubting and confused in equal measure.
The general is the only person we are allowed to have a relationship to throughout the film. The viewer, if you are like me, however reluctantly, is confronted with the sincerity of the generals emotions as he slides from confident in his creed into ultimately detached resignation.
The film is satire of the general and of war,its role, power and values in the face of a current reality wholly divorced from a shared ideal.
The film is depressingly funny and equally wicked.