A good movie

Honestly, since I have never heard about this movie before, I wasn't sure what to expect from it but since there was a pretty good cast, I thought I should give it a try. To my surprise, it was actually pretty good, probably one of the best movies about this conflict. First of all, it was directed by Elie Chouraqui, a French guy not really famous abroad but he still managed to make a few notable features outside France such as 'Man on Fire' which was, of course, eventually remade by Tony Scott. Anyway, this time, I above all enjoyed the dark tone of the proceedings. Basically, the whole thing was pretty grin and felt rather realistic. Furthermore, there was indeed a pretty cool cast (Andie MacDowell, Elias Koteas, Brendan Gleeson, Adrien Brody, David Strathairn, Marie Trintignant, Gerard Butler) and they all delivered some solid performances. Eventually, the only real weakness was the whole thing about the woman going to this war to find her lost husband. I mean, it is a rather pedestrian gimmick and, frankly, not really believable. To conclude, even though it was not really original or amazing whatsoever, I still think it is a solid war drama and it is definitely worth a look.

7/10