I was in the marine corps and even being annoyed with slightest of military inaccuracies I must say this was a good movie. It does not have a happy ending and will not make you feel good but I think it's a good movie. I am usually skeptic and stick to reviews but I'm glad I ignored the reviews on this one. Give it a chance and try not to have expectations and I think you will see it as a good film.

Well, I certainly didn't expect this. I think I need to start by saying that this isn't a typical war film whatsoever. As I'm sure you've seen in the reviews prior, this film is made to demonstrate a very powerful message about veterans and PTSD. And it's a message that definitely got to me!

However, this is still a film and needs to be entertaining. And was it? Yes. I will say that how it was filmed was a bit annoying to me, I felt that it was just a bit too jumbled at times, which found it quite hard to understand what's actually going on. So the film has about 4 storylines going on, in past and present and you get like 15 mins of one, so maybe it's a flashback to him being a loving husband and father. Then it quickly switches to some war scene. I feel the director needed to just calm it. But overall it was still entertaining to watch.

You're basically waiting for this one moment to link everything. That moment/twist finally hits and it was genuinely brilliant and really does make the film. I was so impressed by it!

The characters were well done with good arc's and the performances from everyone was fantastic also. Only negative to this is that I feel Gary Oldman was hugely underused. He was hardly in it.

Overall, I think this is a very powerful film with a good message behind it. I would recommend to anyone to watch if they haven't already, just don't watch it expecting some huge war film. Because this isn't that.

Ok so I will not go all into my speech or rant on how anyone especially any American or just anyone with a heart can rate this low. This is a portrayal of how majority of returned soldiers feel and the constant war they will always fight. Well done on Shai's end and Godbless all Soldiers. No matter what side or religion. Many soldiers have earned rue respect. Honor them

Also to those hating on Shai Lebouf. My hate off to him and I have mad respect for him as I read he did more research then most actors do in a lifetime. He also apparently spoke with many Veterans and wanted not only their feedback but also their approval to release the film, he did that s out of respect and Honor. Thank you to all Veterans