The one continuous shot and effects are great, but the story is nothing more than a shameless pandering to glossy feel-good entertainment.

There's a scene involving a French maid all by herself with baby (not hers) and a fireplace. Our awkward hero stumbles in and they have a nice moment where she patches him up, as you'd expect. But... he can't stay, he has a mission. He must leave the French woman behind and run out into certain death. But certain death won't come, because this is a cheesy movie.

He will navigate around bullets and bombs and waterfalls and more bullets, emerging in a forest where he finds the group he's been looking for sitting watching a man sing, like school children. As he approaches, they don't look or flinch even when this guy creeps up behind them. They're in middle of war zone, but everyone is seated listening to the singing. Ridiculous.

The shameless "Saving Private Ryan" rip-off plot element is disappointing too, it's the same thing, different movie.

I had heard good things about this movie, but once again am let down by the mainstream appetite for implausible popcorn rubbish.

The only reason to see this movie is for the continuous shot and effects. If that doesn't interest you, then avoid.