Could have been better

Rating: 3/10 (18 January 2013)

It's always going to be difficult to cover a subject matter such as this without either en-flaming prejudices or offending sensibilities, and regrettably this does neither. The story, while interesting due to it's historical background (although some details have been altered due to true to it's word "dramatic licence") Is an interesting story for study and analysis. But it's not really the stuff of blockbusters. The covert, well planned, long term, meticulous nature of the whole operation, pitted against the 'screen' frustration of a character depicting a real person, who no doubt is somewhat more professional in real life, is regrettably. Let down by poor scripting, lacklustre performances on all counts! and a poor execution of the subject material. If this had been portrayed as much as possible, and produced as much as possible as a documentary, fair play. But it's not....it's a movie, and not a very good one. You can't over dramatise a real sequence of events, as that would do dis-service to those who were really there (and there were some elements of that...but even they only warrant a "huh"), but to try and avoid that whilst trying to entertain....not an easy trick to pull off. The other downer is 2hrs 30 some?... Some movies can be 2:46, or more, yet it feels like time has flown by........I felt I'd been stuck to this for a day and a half........ Could have been better....possibly by not having been made? On the plus side, the guy who played Osama bin Laden (Ricky Sekhon I believe is his name) Cracking job, well played sir, a brief but important role.