Recent war operations are shown through the eyes of a young marine, struggling due to girlfriend troubles.
There will be many who will foolishly be expecting a strong action movie. They will instead receive - with a disappointed face - a true story about camaraderie and the strong imprint of war. Although that was kind of to be expected as the director is none other than Sam Mendes.
With an excellent cast (with a few surprising choices), this film manages to impress through naturalness, freedom of expression, the characters immaturity or the opposite - the irrefutable evidence of a strong forced early maturity, through humor, through experience, through wounded hearts that show a strong desire to matter and to not be just another wheel in the social machinery, by acknowledging equality and the belonging to a "brotherhood".
Jake Gyllenhaal plays a memorable role - not that it would surprise anyone anymore - but it's also worth mentioning the few shorter parts of Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx and Lucas Black as well as a very brief but memorable cameo by Dennis Haysbert.
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black, Peter Sarsgaard
This is a translation of an older post, see it here
There will be many who will foolishly be expecting a strong action movie. They will instead receive - with a disappointed face - a true story about camaraderie and the strong imprint of war. Although that was kind of to be expected as the director is none other than Sam Mendes.
With an excellent cast (with a few surprising choices), this film manages to impress through naturalness, freedom of expression, the characters immaturity or the opposite - the irrefutable evidence of a strong forced early maturity, through humor, through experience, through wounded hearts that show a strong desire to matter and to not be just another wheel in the social machinery, by acknowledging equality and the belonging to a "brotherhood".
Jake Gyllenhaal plays a memorable role - not that it would surprise anyone anymore - but it's also worth mentioning the few shorter parts of Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx and Lucas Black as well as a very brief but memorable cameo by Dennis Haysbert.
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black, Peter Sarsgaard
This is a translation of an older post, see it here
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