rogerbrookephd

The idea is wonderful but the movie fell flat for my (Italian) wife and me. The writing was weak and the funny moments were few and far between. I thought Vaughn was competent enough but miscast, and the other performances heroically made the most out of not much.

Brutal and gripping, about war reduced too often to murder. and an outstanding performance by Quaid. Strangely underrated movie but not for the faint hearted. Set in Bosnia in the 1990s it makes a good companion to Chris Hedges’ book, War is a force that gives us meaning.