Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by mr grits (A) on February 12, 2010 at 07:56:05

Jeremy Renner plays an EOD tech that projects a wild man's abandon when it comes to doing his craft. He replaces another tech and is supported by two support guys: Sanborn and Eldridge who are more than unsettled at Renner's approach to his mission.

The magic of this movie is that it is filmed in a near documentary style that makes you feel like part of the team. You feel a sense of personal involvement rather than being just a viewer. You feel the tension (even though it's too early for them to die), their frustrations, their fears.

David Morse cameos as a Colonel who serves as a form of comedy diversion. When he walks up on a seriously wounded insurgent he asks the medic if he's going to make it. The medic says he has a survivable wound if they can get him to a hospital in 15 minutes. Morse smiles and looks at another officer: "He didn't make it." Not nice but most likely real.

This film has manufactured dramatic moments "The Battle for Haditha" didn't. But, Haditha dealt with and entirely different set of circumstances although filmed in a similar style. One thing for sure, either film shows the strain of our troops being there every day and should be seen to gain a full appreciation of soldiers doing their duty, politics aside.







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