Military drama about boredom and loneliness, two elements that are abundant in any army.
Its probably best known for its entry sequence featuring a drill sergeant, and quite similar to “Full Metal Jacket”. Albeit it’s much more ironical.
It’s an interesting perspective on infantry being redundant in modern wars. At one point, Peter Sarsgaard character points out that by the time they finished digging out trenches, the frontline has moved miles away.
And the climax of the film being two snipers sent to snipe two Iraqi officers, and USAF bombing the entire area before they can score a single shot, all their training wasted.
There are some fantastic performances, one by Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained), and another by Brian Geraghty (the kidnapper from Big Sky).
A lot of the reviews talk about how boring and unexiciting the whole movie is. That’s exactly the point.
