Title: Not Bad - What's the Fuss?
Product review: The while this movie isn't "Henry V", it is not a bad movie at all (perhaps the critics were thinking of "Battle of Los Angeles", the crappo direct-to-video effort rather than this particular production). There are a few equipment issues, such as M4s changing to M16A4s and back again or UH-1D Huey helicopters standing in for UH-1Ys, but the thing that stood out was the sterility of the language (i.e, the lack of "colorful metaphors"): only one (1) F-Bomb was dropped during the entire movie. If these were real Marines, soldiers, sailors, or airmen, "colorful metaphors" would abound and the "f-bomb" would be used in ways that one would not think possible ;) Other than that, it is a good action movie and if I had to give it a letter grade, I would give it a solid "B+".In my opinion, those who have a problem with this film probably have a problem with a film portraying any branch of the military in a positive light.
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