I agree with others that the CGI was terrible and whoever cast the American soldiers must have gotten all the rejects from LMN and the Soaps. As often occurs when a movie centers around its countrymen, they are the heroes & the others (in this case, Americans) are portrayed here as either arrogant, fearful, or stupid. My first complaint lies with the story line, in particular, the part where the Somali, Abdalle, opened his home, putting his family in grave danger, in order to hide his Malaysian friend & the men who were about to be overrun by rebels. Question: why did the soldier open fire on the rebels when he saw them from a window coming down the street? Couldn't they have stayed hidden in the house until the rebels passed by or were the Somalis searching door to door for the soldiers? Unclear.
But, the absolute worst scene in my opinion was when the wife & son of the Abdalle, the Somali who hid them, were killed & left lying in the dirt street. The soldiers suffered many casualties to bring back their own dead but wouldn't take these 2 bodies with them who had died as a direct result of saving many of their own lives. Instead Lt. Dahari practically pulls Abdalle off his wife and they all leave her & the son lying in the dirt in the middle of the street when they could have easily taken them out of respect for the man who hid them. Disgraceful! It seems that all too often, we recruit local natives who help our military at great risk to themselves & their families only to be abandoned when things get tough and we pull back.
So, overall not the best war movie I have seen but certainly not the worst either & it was good to see a well known military operation from another point of view. I don't think our allies get enough credit for what they do. Definitely worth watching.
But, the absolute worst scene in my opinion was when the wife & son of the Abdalle, the Somali who hid them, were killed & left lying in the dirt street. The soldiers suffered many casualties to bring back their own dead but wouldn't take these 2 bodies with them who had died as a direct result of saving many of their own lives. Instead Lt. Dahari practically pulls Abdalle off his wife and they all leave her & the son lying in the dirt in the middle of the street when they could have easily taken them out of respect for the man who hid them. Disgraceful! It seems that all too often, we recruit local natives who help our military at great risk to themselves & their families only to be abandoned when things get tough and we pull back.
So, overall not the best war movie I have seen but certainly not the worst either & it was good to see a well known military operation from another point of view. I don't think our allies get enough credit for what they do. Definitely worth watching.