I'm shocked to see that...

I'm honestly surprised it's that high. This isn't a movie that's likely to sit well with movie critics for a whole host of reasons.

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That's because you're not very smart.

Well, you shouldn't be (especially when it involves politics).

Nevertheless, it's a good movie.


Hey there, Johnny Boy, I hope you fry!

I gave it 7/10. I thought that it was pretty good.

The rating is low because liberals are traditionally Anti-American, and this movie showcases liberal politicians as the traitors they really are.

100% Comic Book Purist, and Bloody Proud of it !

This thread is full of craziness. It's the same *beep* with Lone Survivor and American Sniper. As long as America looks like some immortal warrior of righteousness, people will put up with crappy acting and writing. How heroic America is portrayed as no bearing on how much I like or disklike this movie.

For sure. I think it's a pretty good movie, although when you read posts by people that didn't live through that time, you'd think the movie is awful. They just don't get it, envisioning it as some elitist nonsense. I love people that comment on things they clearly have no idea about.


I drank what?

The only real complaint I have about the film is how most of the main characters are killed off.

You can play it out two different ways: this rag-tag group of kids bands together and successfully beats back a Soviet invasion until they get backup from the Green Berets (as mentioned in the film), or they get slaughtered after a few successful insurgent attacks.

I had no serious qualms about the scene where Powers Boothe's character and one of the Wolverines are killed on the tanks. You obviously have to remind the audience that there are serious stakes involved. But then everyone starts to die and whatever attachment the audience has developed towards the characters is ruined.

The David versus Goliath story structure is a very common one in fiction, but David has to win. Otherwise, you're just left with an empty feeling at the end. I've read that the director wanted to show the futility of war, but to shoehorn that sentiment into this film was a mistake. The Wolverines didn't need to singlehandedly defeat the Soviets, but they should have survived long enough to see reinforcements come and finish the job.