Sand Castle (2017)
Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.
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When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
This was a surprisingly good film. Seen through the eyes of a private who initially wanted out of the army, this film shows the Iraq conflict from all angles. It's a slow burner with numerous scenes of high tension, combat action, understanding and sadness. Filmed well, acted well, written well, and cast well this is an intelligent war film. A definite 7/10 for me.
This movie is straightforward and honest, and avoids the clichés that ruin many other films about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.Rather than having an agenda of trying to convince us that "War is Hell" or "War is Glorious", it simply tells an interesting story of a group of soldiers who were trying to provide water for Iraqi civilians. The cast is very good, it was nice to see some new faces instead of overexposed, worn-out actors. The direction is proficient, the combat scenes are realistic and convincing.
Thoroughly enjoyed this. The movie seems like it drags in places, but don't be fooled, it's all part of the end ploy! Keep watching and you will discover a movie that has good and evil set straight in it's sights. But rewards those patient enough with a grand diversion of the 'typical' good vs evil that is well worth the wait.A 'classic' (diversive) edge of your seat thrill ride.
I really liked the idea of this film. Unfortunately as soon as I saw a Sergeant Major with a pot belly, long hair and a stupidly long moustache I switched off. Genuinely I turned it off. It took me a fortnight before I'd give it another go. However I'm pleased I did. Once I ignored the detail and just accepted the plot I really enjoyed it.It annoys me that someone would go to the effort of making a film and ignore really simple military detail that massively detracts from the film. And I'm not talking about military detail that is really obscure but, come on, even as a Brit I know there is no way on earth the US military would allow a Sergeant Major to look like he does in this.What could have been an excellent film with a really good message ruined by someone not wanting to cut their hair to play a part.