The plot of the movie is neither simple nor simple, neither complicated nor complicated. It is a relatively concise and clear three-line development at the same time. The young politician played by Tom Cruise invites the reporter played by Mel Streep to interview in his office. I hope she will report the occupation of a hilltop in Afghanistan by a small group of US military special forces that "has already begun", so as to restore the impact of the failure of the US military, give the political party a way out, and give an explanation to the people, while Streep faintly I always feel that something is wrong. After all, she has seen more wars than the politician in front of her. She remembers the Second World War, the Vietnam War, and the Gulf War. Therefore, she has countless questions, and these questions are the one in front of her. The first successful politician to graduate from Harvard, a man who has never shed blood on the battlefield and would say, "Is it difficult for you to ask me to apologize for my success?" can't answer, he doesn't want to answer, he just It takes a victory, America, it takes a victory, and Mayer knows it's not going to work, this politician is just repeating what he's done before.
At this time, in a university, a professor played by Robert Redford invited a student who had not come to class for a long time and who had poor grades but who he thought had great potential to talk to his office. He was a man who had experienced the Vietnam War. , 3 of the 5 people who went with him did not return, and the Vietnam War also left a permanent imprint on him. The students in front of him are typical of the younger generation, who like a comfortable life and think that all politics are dogs Shit, cynical, but the professor saw some sparkle in him, and it was that "expect to meet such a student" idea that forced him to teach at the university all the time, so he decided to give this student a story that he had met before The stories of two students who had the same potential and made the move.
At this moment, the two students in this professor's story were in the operation mentioned by the politician, but the operation failed, the information they got was wrong, the helicopter that transported them was ambushed halfway, and many people Injured or dead, one of them stumbled and fell from the helicopter, while the other jumped without hesitation. They landed on a mountain with a cliff behind and surrounded by Afghan militants...
it's not a good movie, I have to say, although Tom Cruise, Mel Streep As well as Robert Redford, and there is a "gorgeous" three-line plot, but the plot of this film is still too thin, there are almost no ups and downs, the plot all the way to the end and the lines are seriously weakened The viewability of the film, if there are not a few superstars, I estimate that this film will get 4 points in IDMb, and now it is only 6 points, and the relatively thin plot and very short time (only one and a half hours) this The movie wanted to express too much, so we saw politicians throwing out theories excitedly, reporters throwing out concepts, professors, and those two students. I feel that I was in class, and the professor was giving lectures less than one meter in front of me, and the spittle stars flew to my notebook from time to time. In short, the feeling after reading it was "What a hell of lecture"
But, I think, I will still buy a disc of this movie and keep it at home, and a disc of The Kingdom, not to say how good the movie is, but it's a movie worth keeping at home.
After 9/11, the United States has experienced a lot, and it has dragged the world through a lot. Now their military is still in Iraq, but at the same time, there have been many reflection films and anti-war films in the past few years. , let's look back, who is the blood of those warriors shed? In the movie, the professor said, "These are lions ruled by sheep, and they are fighting for the sheep."
I'm afraid there is nothing more terrifying than this on the battlefield.
In the end, the two soldiers stood up, supporting each other, raised their guns in the face of the hordes of enemies, and then fell down in the gunfire. The soldiers should have died standing up.
The acting skills of the three protagonists are still the same, and I especially appreciate Mel's performance.
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