Reviews

It is so propaganda, you want to walk away in the middle of the movie. One side is all (incompetent) heroes and they are protecting the female; the other is led by a crazy, twisted (not in a good entertaining way, but irritating) Cambridge graduate-turned Taleban, who is selling 12 year old girls and (silently) swears vengeance after the first question the female journalist asks him ("Why are you here?" of all the questions). If you do not know much about the region after this movie you will think that there is a handful of soldiers in Afghanistan, fighting desperately to protect the civilian population, against hordes of Taleban zombies, whom the locals detest. Probably makes you think send more soldiers and money and the problem will be solved.

SPOILERS Other reviewers listed the military fails. They are actually entertaining: - The president orders the rescue operation and the military chief says they are on their way. You think "Wow!" but the 60 people he mentions never materialize

• somehow lost radios mean there will be no successful extraction,

• there is only one way through the mountains, apparently, but in the end they are ambushed by the guys who seem to be not affected in the least by the said mountains

• Commandos apparently know nothing about how to fight pursuers. No ambushes, no explosives, no traps, no diversions, no plans - just due West through the mountains

Verdict: watch it if you like this-side-is-good-and-the-other-side-is- bad action movies.