Let me start, the acting/actors were great. The story did not feel fully baked and the direction was lacking. There were major holes in realism that takes you out of the story. Also felt the cinematography could have been better. It was pretty basic. This movie could have been better if PTA was willing to collaborate. As a singular vision there is a lot missing. Example and potential SPOILERS:
The lack of masks by the revolutionaries to not get caught in 5 seconds yet the colonel can easily track them. That the colonel could get witness protection for a terrorist. That after joining the Christmas adventurers he needed to track the girl to erase her. No he didn't. They weren't gonna be found. Then the helicopter flying over the town come on, they'd be smarter than that. Then going to the school first. How did they have that Intel but not who she was and nab her elsewhere? Also why roll up with sirens on if you are trying to get the jump on them? And why not go to the house first or I don't know... Spend half a second staking it out. The whole movie was amateur hour. It was poorly written and directed. I could go on and on. The acting was good though.