Review: Ordinary and Extraordinary Men
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 2, 2012
Matt is a nice guy living a nice life with a nice-looking boyfriend and nice friends.  Because he is nice, he volunteers for Doctors Without Borders and goes for a two week trip to Latakia, Syria, to share his expertise on organizing public healthcare systems, specifically childhood immunizations, with the university folk there.  He is enjoying his time there when his nice life goes seriously off its tracks and he's kidnapped by an extremist group.This brings him into contact with special forces guys and a life that is as foreign to him as that of the terrorists they fight against.  And it initially seems as unfriendly, with homophobic comments and macho posturing-- or what Matt assumes is such.  But soon he learns that nice white-collar guys with nice desk jobs are not really so separate from all those around him.Through action and suspense to unexpected camaraderie aboard a Navy ship and then later ashore... and how these things all affect the nice guy Matt... and the guys who rescued him; this is a fantastic, terrifying, and beautiful ride.  There is a lot of story here, and it's all good.  For those who only like a bit of story with their sex-scenes, this may not be for you, but try it anyway!