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Sophomore slump

Script is a mess, extends in all directions and doesn't find its way.

Brolin and Del Toro reprise their characters, but with arguable success this time around.

This opus tries to imitate the style of its predecessor, but mostly pales in comparison.

Watch the first one. Skip this. No point.

I found myself liking this

Watched this on several friends' recommendations.

Starting with the negative, it's a pretty cookie-cutter story about black ops on Mexican narcos, with out-of-the-box, ready-to-wear characters.

Then again, the actors manage to salvage their paper-thin alter egos. Del Toro and Brolin are excellent as usual, in their favourite register, as usual.
Blunt always brings commitment to her work (from what I've seen), and sells her Clarice Starling rather convincingly. And she's easy to look at. Not the most sugary of eye candies, but she does it for me. Probably not being objective here.

The script is unsurprising, but tightly focused and well paced. I have reservations regarding Villeneuve, but he does know how to tell a story.

What really surprised me, though, was the insane visual quality. Until I checked, and identified the director of photography as Sir Roger Deakins, Knight Bachelor of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Check him out, the bloke's got legit bragging rights.


As for wokeness, well, bad is bad, morals are grey for they who stare into the abyss, and the boss babe trope is completely avoided: Blunt's character gets manhandled by the bigger fellows around her, as expected given her small frame, and her character's lack of sheer malevolence.


All in all, not a fantastic movie, but a smashing watch.

The communists who made this crap, which includes the nepo baby director, refused to add a scene when the astronauts planted the American flag, which caused controversy and some backlash, which led to a poorer showing at the box office...

Only communists could screw up something like a Neil Armstrong film...

The film is rubbish, they should have made this in the 80s or 90s...

Feminist nonsense...

As real as it gets on the big screen

This movie depicts an engagement far from my time or place. Full disclosure, I never was with the US Marines or SEALs.

Still, most of the details ring true to me. Especially non-operational. What the blokes think, how they deal with the escalating situation, most of it.
Regarding tactics and procedure, well, it's still a movie. Proper distancing sometimes makes for poor cinematography, I guess. But it's mostly good, as far as I can tell. Which is not very far.
Square pins, UK sockets in Iraqi apartment, though, not so sure.


This movie does not have much a plot, beyond the pitch. In this case, it's a feature, not a bug. The plan is always the first victim of contact with the enemy.
Making good plans is a desirable quality. Making them fast is better. By the way, the movie feels real time. The vehicles ETA sure are.

I've seen criticism arguing the movie depicts the US military as incompetent. I'd argue to the opposite. The situation management depicted here is solid, at all levels. The men get showered in shite, and they push through. Might not be glorious, might not look good, but any combat you walk off from on your feet has a seed of victory.


The cast is solid, and have good, natural interactions. Natural in the context.
Jarvis from the Shogun series makes a comeback in this. Still excellent, but so are all the others, in admittedly not overly demanding roles, ie: ensemble cast and military operation context.
As an aside, one of the young actor is a D'Pharaoh McKay Woon-A-Tai. I'm not usually into taking the piss, but that is one hell of an unlikely name there. Could be a story behind it. Anyway, the guy is pretty good too.



This movie tells its story at the tactical level. It's about losing men, not troops. Time and place may have changed, but war remained the same for the muddies. Infantry's harsh.

Another piece of garbage from the Farrakhan of Hollywood, racist Jordan Peele...

Grrl power...

Anti-white and pushing racial agendas...

Liberal propaganda...

Would not be at all surprised if everyone involved in the making of this film, aside from the technical crew, are on the payroll of the Democrats and their big friend Soros... These kinds of movies are a result of a cult-like political segregation in showbiz...

Typical 60s leftist nonsense whereby criminals are glorified and cops are corrupt.

Casting Newman as a narcissist loser is a manipulative choice. If an ugly guy had been cast nobody would have cared about this film...

Another indian conspiracy film about religions. Continuously using "jihad" without knowing its true meaning, & also forcing Muslims to take part in Hindu festivals even though it's not allowed. And also "Female Empowerment", beating men twice their size.

125lb female bogeyman?

Chris is a bit stiff in this sequel but John Bernthal is a nice touch. He fits the bill. However this movie didn't escape the Biden-era, feminist writing disease, by insuring the unstoppable, super-serial killer-genius Anais is played by none other than a 5`5", 125lb model with spaghetti arms who can apparently fight and kill men, just like in real life, right ladies? Sure, take a bow. Tiny women are feared for their fighting prowess. This is known.