7-11-19 as you can tell by the way I designated the date I'm American and came to this movie late. Always a fan of Quaid' and sometimes older movies get better with age...Not so this one. Dennis turns in as always a good solid performance but reading some reviews from the early 00s I expected a tour de force which it is not. Probably due to the fact now in 2019 we all have been thru so much we have become more or less immune to the atrocities of Man. Those who stated it was hard to watch forget the lesson of Vietnam. People of all ethnicity' including Americans during WAR become changed individuals ( after 48 years I still have nightmares of my time in Nam) and have their own dealing with their situations.
The Foreign Legion is known for killing 1,000 of Muslims in Africa and not a Mercenary Force to aspire to as is any Mercenary affiliation, as a former Combat Vet of the US Army I do not condone any of their or any private "Security Forces" activities. Enough said about where I'm coming from
As far as this movie goes I found nothing unwatchable it was a rather bland view of this Ethnic Cleansing "War" it was much worse than this depicts. There is some redeeming qualities in Quaid' character when he finally decides he's had enough. He needs to get that kid and himself out of Serbia end of story. In all I In all I enjoyed the movie but found it a somewhat OK but like most Oliver Stone pics a contrivance to push his own personal views.
As far as this movie goes I found nothing unwatchable it was a rather bland view of this Ethnic Cleansing "War" it was much worse than this depicts. There is some redeeming qualities in Quaid' character when he finally decides he's had enough. He needs to get that kid and himself out of Serbia end of story. In all I In all I enjoyed the movie but found it a somewhat OK but like most Oliver Stone pics a contrivance to push his own personal views.