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Not as good as I expected... Spoilers


So basically he failed his mission. He did not arrive before dawn and he failed to stop the first wave. He stopped off and spent some time with a lady and her baby even though he should have been about his mission. He never used a compass or a map to guide him so I have no idea how he was magically able to find the troops in the middle of the woods. Then when he does find them he takes a knee and listens to a song. Where is the urgency? The more I think about this film the less I like it.

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So basically he failed his mission. He did not arrive before dawn and he failed to stop the first wave. He stopped off and spent some time with a lady and her baby even though he should have been about his mission. He never used a compass or a map to guide him so I have no idea how he was magically able to find the troops in the middle of the woods. Then when he does find them he takes a knee and listens to a song. Where is the urgency? The more I think about this film the less I like it.


You're right, he was a wuss. So what if he had to go days without decent sleep or food, just a crust of bread to eat? Who cares if he spent the night wounded, tired, hungry, and cold while running and swimming from Germans? Booby traps, dugout cave-ins, snipers, waterfalls, freezing rivers? Piece of cake. How dare he take a break for a minute once he's back on dry land soaking wet so he can gather his wits and strength. Screw him. Since he was a Lance Corporal in 1917, I'm sure he was as well trained, prepared, and equipped for this easy mission as our Special Forces and SEALs are today.

I'm positive you and the other Xbox-trained experts here could have completed the mission in a couple hours while going all John Wick on the Germans and gotten back in time for lunch.

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