In the view of movie critic Tseng Chuang-hsiang, Dong very successfully conveys the unique atmosphere of Kinmen with his images of old-style farmhouses, good-luck lion statues, and the ubiquitous signs of military presence to be found everywhere in the countryside-concrete pillboxes, army bases, bomb shelters, patriotic slogans painted on walls, etc.
影評人曾壯祥也讚賞，董振良的電影敘事手法，大量出現的低矮老厝、風獅爺、田野間的碉堡、軍事設施、防空洞、牆壁的愛國標語等等，將金門戰地的風格完整凸顯出來。