The "concept" is great, the initial story line is interesting, the locations and scenery are realistic, but the execution and actual substance of the movie fall flat.

The "tense" moments on the movie, work on the first two scenes, after that, it's just feels like artificial, fabricated tension. The story line stops making sense half way through the movie, don't really like the characters on a personal level, the logistics of military operations just don't add up it feels like 3 rouge soldiers on an unsupervised field trip, and from there the movie just drags, and drags, and drags.

I wanted to see this movie based on all the hype and Oscars it received, man what a disappointment! The realistic settings may have impressed all the kids who are used to "war video games" , but to anyone who has ever been in Iraq, military combat or just plan done any type of photojournalism around the world, the movie is just a bore.

I should say, it's not a "bad" movie, it's an average movie, with incredible hype, when you consider the hype, then it's a bad movie.