Directed by:
Dan KraussScreenplay:
Dan KraussCinematography:
Stéphane FontaineComposer:
Zacarías M. de la RivaCast:
Nat Wolff, Alexander Skarsgård, Adam Long, Jonathan Whitesell, Brian Marc, Osy Ikhile, Rob Morrow, Anna Francolini, Elham Ehsas, Zackary Momoh, Adam James (more)Plots(1)
When Andrew Briggman, a young soldier in the US invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses other recruits killing innocent civilians under the direction of a sadistic leader, Sergeant Deeks, he considers reporting them to higher-ups — but the heavily-armed, increasingly violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them, and Andrew begins to fear that he’ll be the next target. (A24)
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War drama from the war zone, revolving around a group of idiots who think they saved the world, but the world stepped on them. Fortunately, it's so short, it's quite bearable. The topic is actually suitable for twenty minutes and not an hour and a half. In the end, however, it proves who Americans recruit into the army... here, with such psychology, they wouldn't even pass as delivery drivers.
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I was under the impression that Dan Krauss liked Casualties of War, so he figured he would remake and update it by transferring the story among the jihadists. Well, the director may have fulfilled his dream, but it was kind of a Potemkin Village - the film looked like a profound psychological drama on the outside, but behind the elaborate façade I found only a failed attempt at something deep. Apart from boredom, it didn’t stir any emotions in me.
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