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Title: Fluff over substance
Review: If you are looking for a solid war movie, don't watch this. Spend your time on a much better movie on this subject, like Tora! Tora! Tora! instead. Though the actual attack sequence is very well done, the rest of the movie would have been better left on the cutting room floor. The performances of all the main characters, especially those of Josh Harnett & Kate Beckensdale in the contrived, pathetic love story angle just blew all my interest out of the water. It's almost like Bay and the gang didn't know what story they wanted to tell - a straight up war story would've been the best route with the capability of the special FX at hand. But no....they tried to serve all crowds and all tastes. They failed horribly - we didn't want a "chick" flick, we wanted a story of valor and heroism. Give Tora! Tora! Tora! your time instead of this.
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