The background of the movie is that the Battle of Mosul started on October 17, 2016. After months of preparation, the Iraqi government launched an offensive against the Islamic State aimed at regaining Mosul. A total of about 30,000 Iraqi government and pro-government forces participated in the war. This is the largest military operation in Iraq since U.S. combat forces withdrew from Iraq five years ago .
In the movie, at the beginning of November 2016, the Iraqi special operations forces on the east road invaded the city of Mosul. They fought with the lsls extremist armed group for a long time to no avail and suffered heavy losses. The new superiors asked them to leave the theater. The protagonist, Kavasara Afeli, was rescued from the fighting by a ten-man squad of Nineveh Special Forces and joined them to perform a "secret" mission.
There are no magnificent war scenes in the movie, and it has always been centered on street fighting. The movie does not have the gorgeous war scenes of American soldiers' movies such as "Pot Head", "Black Hawk Down", and "Outpost", but it is outstanding in the realism of street fighting . The "Yellow Bird" and "American Sniper", which are basically based on street fighting screens, have similar tunes and equal functions. All of them save production costs and can better reflect the authenticity of small-scale wars.
Compared with director Matthew Michael Canahan’s first war film "The Lion Enters the Sheep’s Mouth", the film is much more mature. Words that drool more than tea have been changed. The abuse of metaphorical lines makes the audience confused and unaware of war. What's the truth behind it. The film's plot, war scenes, and finally sublimation emotions are used in the film to reflect the main body perfectly. Everyone is familiar with the fact that "Operation Red Sea", which is the closest to realism in Chinese modern warfare films, can see the survival of the fittest in comparison with this film. "Operation Red Sea" is cool, burning, and fierce after watching. The magnificent war scenes make modern warfare vivid, but too many shots are too exaggerated. The film has a straightforward meaning and shallow artistic attainments, but it is indeed a great product.
Speaking of meaning, it is these casual shots of movies. When the war was raging, the street outside the house was a mess, and every time the captain arrived in a room, as long as he stabilized, he would clean up the rubbish on the ground. The captain's behavior seems ordinary, but in this special period, these small actions show that he wants a neater and more perfect home. Seeing the big from the small, he hopes that there will be a peaceful country, and he has been doing what he can. No matter how others insulted him and his country, he was not discouraged the moment he died.
His relief of war orphans and the sacrifice of his comrades in arms and other plots all reflect the cruelty of war.
The captain died, and the teammates had no time to grieve and suffer. Hurrying to complete the task, the protagonist gradually matures, begins to understand the cruelty of war, and is entering this "family".
At the end of the film, the truth of the "secret" mission is to save the family of the team members. The protagonist understands everything why they have no hesitation, why they choose themselves, and what great mission he should accomplish. The scene of the family reunion of the team members brought the audience's emotions to a climax. The cast of the film war brought cruel and depressive emotions, which made people feel the last warmth, and made people feel contemplative about the negative aspects of the war.
The ultimate moral of the movie is a cruel and true war. No one helps Iraq and no mercy for the enemy. Everyone quickly becomes a man in the war and a hope for rebuilding their homeland!
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