First let me get out the negative. I watched this on my tv. Maybe the better sound in the theater made a difference, but I often could not make out what they were saying with their English accents. None the less I could make out enough to know what was going on.

As for the story and the negative reviews. I think it might make a difference in age levels. Younger people in the age of "Call Of Duty" video games most likely will be disappointed by the kind of action here. Older viewers like myself will probably see the drama of soldiers in desperation. How they deal or do not deal with it. War as a study of human emotion during desperate time is usually the movies I remember most because I can identify most with the characters.

Some of the main characters here find themselves believing they made it to places where they'll finally get carried to safety, but then they are attacked and need to swim or run to some other safe point. After four or five times imagine what state of mind you'd have. You keep thinking you'll be safe...But then the bottom falls out. That's the drama and genius of this war movie. I did like it very much. If not for the difficulty understanding what was being said some times. I'd given it a 10