A poor film that didn't really know what it wanted to achieve

Rating: 3/10 (29 May 2017)

I am usually interested in netflixs original products and this film has Brad Pitt in it so I had some interest in this film but yeah this film is pretty poor. The premise of this film sees a respected charismatic war general sent to Afghanistan to sort out the war effort that is happening over there. Brad pitt plays the general in this film and he is very good in this film, he has a lot of charisma in this film and he was easily the funniest character in this film. He is overacting a little bit but it does really work for this role and alludes to the fact that he is the only person I cared about in this film. The supporting cast in this film has some pretty decent actors in this film such as topher grace, will poulter and RJ cyler who was the best part of the recent power rangers movie. But nobody was given anything to do in this film and you won't care about anybody in this film other then brad Pitt. The story in this film is just really bland, nothing is really going on except a lot of political dialogue that you just won't care about. The film has a really poor structure in it and when the end happens you will wonder what the point of this film really was. The film is marketed as a dark comedy and I will say that I did chuckle at some of the humour but I don't believe it is that dark at all. Towards the end of this film it tries to get more dramatic and it totally misses the mark. The style of the film is all over the place, the tone is so inconsistent that you won't really be able to follow everything accurately because you won't care. Overall this is another disappointment from a Netflix movies and it really isn't worth a watch at all.