Watchable but not that entertaining or thrilling

Rating: 6/10 (11 February 2013)

This movie might be more realistic I am not quite sure but "The Hurt Locker" is a better movie in my opinion. I know Kathryn Bigelow wanted to go in a realistic direction when it comes down to taking down one of the world's biggest terrorist. But despite few moments overall it just wasn't all that entertaining or thrilling. It's kinda cool to see the lead protagonist grow more professional as the movie progresses since the story tries to cover 8 or 9 yrs. But most of it is just constant discussions on how to execute certain things from well thought out intuition and paper work. I didn't really feel much intensity from this flick. I can appreciate that they tried to make it realistic as possible without things constantly shoot outs or things constantly blowing up. But the movie just felt a bit dull. If you want those special tactics, tactical espionage or black ops type of movie this one really isn't it. Since a lot of people already know the news of what happened, it takes away from the anticipation as well. Since the build up isn't all that great. But the the take down at the end had quite a bit of thrills and intensity going for it. But overall this is a watchable but kinda mundane movie.
6.5/10