Netflix just doesn't seem to be able to put it together for a really good movie. This one was a decent shot, with Brad Pitt's charisma carrying the project, playing a well meaning US officer in an unwinnable situation. It shows well the American cowboy attitude in their foreign policy, it's well acted and manages to be entertaining, but the way the story is presented is fatally flawed.
First rule of any movie narrative is show, don't tell. Instead of us understanding what the movie wanted to say through the actions of the characters, it is explained to us by a faceless voiced narrator. So why pay attention to the characters at all?
First rule of any movie narrative is show, don't tell. Instead of us understanding what the movie wanted to say through the actions of the characters, it is explained to us by a faceless voiced narrator. So why pay attention to the characters at all?